Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Gunpowder tree

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Melochia umbellata

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Gunpowder tree is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Gunpowder tree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Malvaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Melochia
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Melochia umbellata

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Gunpowder tree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Gunpowder tree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Gunpowder tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Australasia biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, and 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.