Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Gold Tooth

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Hydnellum auratile

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Gold Tooth is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Gold Tooth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Bankeraceae
Genus	Aproteles	Hydnellum
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Hydnellum auratile

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Gold Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Gold Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.