Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Dixie ticktrefoil

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Desmodium tortuosum

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Dixie ticktrefoil is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Dixie ticktrefoil
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Desmodium
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Desmodium tortuosum

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Dixie ticktrefoil

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dixie ticktrefoil

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (10 countries), and South America (4 countries).

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.