Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Creeping Cotoneaster

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Cotoneaster adpressus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Creeping Cotoneaster
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)	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Aproteles	Cotoneaster
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Cotoneaster adpressus

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Creeping Cotoneaster

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Creeping Cotoneaster

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Turkey), Europe (7 countries), and North America (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.