Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Indian toothcup

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Rotala indica

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Indian toothcup is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Indian toothcup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Lythraceae
Genus	Aproteles	Rotala
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Rotala indica

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Indian toothcup

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Indian toothcup

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India, Uzbekistan), Europe (Italy, Portugal, Spain), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.