Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Flat Wrack

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Fucus spiralis

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Flat Wrack is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Flat Wrack
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Chromista (Chromista)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Phaeophyceae (Phaeophyceae)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fucales (Fucales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fucaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Fucus
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Fucus spiralis

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Flat Wrack

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Flat Wrack
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Flat Wrack

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found across Africa (Morocco) and Europe (9 countries).

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.