Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Common Horned Lark

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Eremophila alpestris

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Common Horned Lark is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Common Horned Lark
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Passeriformes (Songbirds)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Alaudidae
Genus	Aproteles	Eremophila
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Eremophila alpestris

Evolutionary Relationship

Bulmer's Fruit Bat and Common Horned Lark share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Common Horned Lark

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Common Horned Lark
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Common Horned Lark

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Colombia).

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.

Common Horned Lark

The most widely distributed lark species, common horned larks — also called shore larks in Europe — inhabit bare, open ground from Arctic tundra and alpine fellfield to coastal beaches and prairie across North America, Europe, Asia, and North Africa. Named for the small black feather tufts on the male's head. They are among the first birds to arrive at breeding grounds in early spring while snow still covers the tundra. They forage on seeds and insects on the ground year-round.