Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Indehiscent Pigweed

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Amaranthus standleyanus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Indehiscent Pigweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Amaranthus
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Amaranthus standleyanus

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Indehiscent Pigweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Indehiscent Pigweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco, South Africa), Asia (China), and Europe (14 countries).

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.