Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Forest Num-num

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Carissa bispinosa

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Forest Num-num is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Forest Num-num
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Apocynaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Carissa
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Carissa bispinosa

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Forest Num-num

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Forest Num-num
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Forest Num-num

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and India.

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.