Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Horsetail

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Equisetum laevigatum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Horsetail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Equisetales (Equisetales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Equisetaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Equisetum
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Equisetum laevigatum

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Horsetail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Horsetail

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Canada 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.