Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Goa-bean

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Goa-bean is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Goa-bean
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Psophocarpus
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Goa-bean
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Goa-bean

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, Philippines, and Taiwan.

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.