Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Goat's-beard

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Tragopogon pratensis

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Goat's-beard is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Goat's-beard
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Aproteles	Tragopogon
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Tragopogon pratensis

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Goat's-beard

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Goat's-beard
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Goat's-beard

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), and North America (Canada, 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.