Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Dwarf Bilberry

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Vaccinium cespitosum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Dwarf Bilberry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Ericaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Vaccinium
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Vaccinium cespitosum

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Dwarf Bilberry

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dwarf Bilberry

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, and United States.

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.