Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs flax darnel

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Lolium remotum

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while flax darnel is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	flax darnel
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Aproteles	Lolium
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Lolium remotum

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

flax darnel

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	flax darnel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

flax darnel

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (China, Japan), Europe (22 countries), North America (Canada), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.