Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Cork bark oak

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Quercus suber

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Cork bark oak is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Cork bark oak
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fagales (Beeches & Oaks)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fagaceae (Beech Family)
Genus	Aproteles	Quercus (Oaks)
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Quercus suber

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Cork bark oak

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Cork bark oak
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cork bark oak

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Libya, South Africa), Asia (Armenia, Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).

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.