Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Fleeceflower

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Reynoutria japonica

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Fleeceflower
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)	Polygonaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Reynoutria
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Reynoutria japonica

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Fleeceflower

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fleeceflower

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Georgia, Taiwan), Europe (21 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (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.