Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs gilo

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Solanum aethiopicum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	gilo
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 aethiopicum

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

gilo

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

gilo

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 (Belgium, Denmark, Sweden), and South America (Brazil).

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.