Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Ceylon-olive

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Elaeocarpus serratus

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Ceylon-olive is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Ceylon-olive
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Oxalidales (Oxalidales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Elaeocarpaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Elaeocarpus
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Elaeocarpus serratus

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Ceylon-olive

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Ceylon-olive
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ceylon-olive

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Mauritius, and Taiwan.

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

The Bulmer's Fruit Bat (Aproteles bulmerae) is a species in the genus Aproteles. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ceylon-olive

The Ceylon-Olive (Elaeocarpus serratus) is a species in the genus Elaeocarpus. Distributed across Brazil, Mauritius, and Taiwan.