Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Fuzzy flatsedge

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Cyperus pilosus

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Fuzzy flatsedge is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Fuzzy flatsedge
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)	Cyperaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Cyperus
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Cyperus pilosus

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Fuzzy flatsedge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fuzzy flatsedge

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Fiji, Samoa, Singapore, Taiwan, and United States.

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.