Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Eastern Sowbread

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Cyclamen coum

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Eastern Sowbread is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Eastern Sowbread
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)	Primulaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Cyclamen
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Cyclamen coum

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Eastern Sowbread

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Eastern Sowbread
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Eastern Sowbread

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries).

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.