Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Elephant Apple

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Dillenia indica

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Elephant Apple is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Elephant Apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Dilleniales (Dilleniales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Dilleniaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Dillenia
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Dillenia indica

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Elephant Apple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Elephant Apple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Elephant Apple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Congo (DRC), Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, and Taiwan.

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.