Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Cornish heath

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Erica vagans

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Cornish heath is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Cornish heath
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Ericaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Erica
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Erica vagans

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Cornish heath

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cornish heath

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India), Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).

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.