Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Conch apple

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Passiflora maliformis

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Conch apple is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Conch apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Passifloraceae
Genus	Aproteles	Passiflora
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Passiflora maliformis

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Conch apple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Conch apple

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC)), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Chile, 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.