Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Field Chickweed

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Cerastium arvense

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Field Chickweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Field Chickweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Caryophyllaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Cerastium
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Cerastium arvense

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Field Chickweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Field Chickweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Field Chickweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Argentina, Chile, Colombia).

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.