Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Eight-Angled Floatingheart

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Nymphoides cordata

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Eight-Angled Floatingheart is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Eight-Angled Floatingheart
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Menyanthaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Nymphoides
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Nymphoides cordata

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Eight-Angled Floatingheart

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Eight-Angled Floatingheart
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Eight-Angled Floatingheart

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada 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.