Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Jointed Charlock

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Raphanus raphanistrum

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Jointed Charlock is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Jointed Charlock
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Brassicales (Brassicales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Brassicaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Raphanus
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Raphanus raphanistrum

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Jointed Charlock

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Jointed Charlock

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas spanning the Afrotropic and Palearctic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (17 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (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.