Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Japanese Bindweed

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Calystegia pubescens

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Japanese Bindweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Calystegia
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Calystegia pubescens

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Japanese Bindweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Japanese Bindweed

Habitat

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

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.