Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Greater dodder

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Cuscuta europaea

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Greater dodder is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Greater dodder
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)	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Cuscuta
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Cuscuta europaea

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Greater dodder

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Bhutan, Turkey), Europe (5 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.