Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs green heather

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Erica scoparia

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while green heather is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	green heather
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Ericaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Erica
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Erica scoparia

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

green heather

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	green heather
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

green heather

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia and Netherlands.

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.