Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Jackfruit

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Artocarpus heterophyllus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Jackfruit
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Moraceae
Genus	Aproteles	Artocarpus
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Artocarpus heterophyllus

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Jackfruit

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Jackfruit

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (6 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.