Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Cushion Calamint

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Clinopodium vulgare

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Cushion Calamint is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Cushion Calamint
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Lamiaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Clinopodium
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Clinopodium vulgare

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Cushion Calamint

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cushion Calamint

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).

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.