Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Dwarf Water Clover

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Marsilea minuta

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Dwarf Water Clover is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Dwarf Water Clover
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Marsileaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Marsilea
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Marsilea minuta

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Dwarf Water Clover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dwarf Water Clover

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Comoros), Asia (Bhutan, Taiwan, Vietnam), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.