Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Cylindrical Prickly Pear

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Opuntia curassavica

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Cylindrical Prickly Pear is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Cylindrical Prickly Pear
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Cactaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Opuntia
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Opuntia curassavica

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Cylindrical Prickly Pear

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Cylindrical Prickly Pear
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cylindrical Prickly Pear

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Colombia. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.