Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Downy Safflower

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Carthamus lanatus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Downy Safflower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Aproteles	Carthamus
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Carthamus lanatus

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Downy Safflower

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Downy Safflower

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (15 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Chile).

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.