Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Dotted Bee-fly

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Bombylius discolor

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Dotted Bee-fly is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Dotted Bee-fly
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Bombyliidae
Genus	Aproteles	Bombylius
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Bombylius discolor

Evolutionary Relationship

Bulmer's Fruit Bat and Dotted Bee-fly share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Dotted Bee-fly

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Dotted Bee-fly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dotted Bee-fly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.