Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs dead-rat-tree

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Adansonia digitata

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while dead-rat-tree is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	dead-rat-tree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Malvaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Adansonia
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Adansonia digitata

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

dead-rat-tree

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	dead-rat-tree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

dead-rat-tree

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Taiwan), 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.