Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Indian fleabane

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Pluchea indica

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Indian fleabane
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Aproteles	Pluchea
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Pluchea indica

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Indian fleabane

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Indian fleabane

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Taiwan, Yemen), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (7 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.