Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Chickenweed

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Portulaca quadrifida

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Chickenweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Chickenweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Portulacaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Portulaca
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Portulaca quadrifida

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Chickenweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Chickenweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chickenweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (4 countries), North America (Cuba), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands).

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.

Chickenweed

The Chickenweed (Portulaca quadrifida) is a species in the genus Portulaca. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.