Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Garden tomato

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Solanum lycopersicum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Garden tomato
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Solanaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Solanum
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Solanum lycopersicum

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Garden tomato

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Garden tomato

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (Japan, Turkey, Yemen), Europe (15 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.