Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Flame Nasturtium

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Tropaeolum speciosum

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Flame Nasturtium is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Flame Nasturtium
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Brassicales (Brassicales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Tropaeolaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Tropaeolum
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Tropaeolum speciosum

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Flame Nasturtium

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Flame Nasturtium
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Flame Nasturtium

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Europe (7 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand).

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.