Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Cork Elm

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Ulmus thomasii

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Cork Elm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Ulmaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Ulmus
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Ulmus thomasii

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Cork Elm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cork Elm

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

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.