Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Eastern Waterleaf

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Hydrophyllum virginianum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Eastern Waterleaf
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Hydrophyllaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Hydrophyllum
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Hydrophyllum virginianum

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Eastern Waterleaf

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Eastern Waterleaf

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, 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.