Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Digitgrass

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Digitaria eriantha

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Digitgrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Aproteles	Digitaria
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Digitaria eriantha

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Digitgrass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Digitgrass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Bhutan, India), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Palau), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.