Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs hooked-pepperwort

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Marsilea vestita

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while hooked-pepperwort is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	hooked-pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Marsileaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Marsilea
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Marsilea vestita

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

hooked-pepperwort

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	hooked-pepperwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

hooked-pepperwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada and Cuba. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.