Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Curled Thistle

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Carduus crispus

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Curled Thistle is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Curled Thistle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Aproteles	Carduus
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Carduus crispus

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Curled Thistle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Curled Thistle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, North Korea), Europe (7 countries), and North America (Canada, 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.