Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Floating Fern

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Salviniaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Salvinia
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Floating Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), 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.