Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Ear tree

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Enterolobium cyclocarpum

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Ear tree is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Ear tree
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	Enterolobium
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Enterolobium cyclocarpum

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Ear tree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Ear tree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ear tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (India, Taiwan), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Papua New Guinea), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.