Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs floating crystalwort

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Riccia fluitans

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while floating crystalwort is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	floating crystalwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Marchantiopsida (Marchantiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Marchantiales (Marchantiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Ricciaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Riccia
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Riccia fluitans

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

floating crystalwort

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

floating crystalwort

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Chile). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.