Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs false pepperwort

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Marsilea crenata

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while false pepperwort is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	false pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Marsileaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Marsilea
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Marsilea crenata

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

false pepperwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	false pepperwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

false pepperwort

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Indonesia.

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.