Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Few-flowered Fumitory

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Fumaria vaillantii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Bulmer's Fruit Bat Few-flowered Fumitory
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Chiroptera (Bats) Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats) Papaveraceae
Genus Aproteles Fumaria
Species Aproteles bulmerae Fumaria vaillantii

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Few-flowered Fumitory

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Bulmer's Fruit Bat Few-flowered Fumitory
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Few-flowered Fumitory

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate coniferous forests, and temperate grasslands and steppes, among 4 distinct biome types within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (15 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.

Few-flowered Fumitory

No description available.

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