Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Crapemyrtle

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Lagerstroemia indica

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Crapemyrtle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Crapemyrtle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Lythraceae
Genus	Aproteles	Lagerstroemia
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Lagerstroemia indica

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Crapemyrtle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Crapemyrtle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (Croatia, Portugal), North America (10 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

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.