Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Gray Alder

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Alnus incana

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Gray Alder is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Gray Alder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fagales (Beeches & Oaks)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Betulaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Alnus
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Alnus incana

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Gray Alder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Gray Alder

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Armenia), Europe (10 countries), and North America (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.