Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Jointed Pricklypear

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Opuntia aurantiaca

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Jointed Pricklypear
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Cactaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Opuntia
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Opuntia aurantiaca

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Jointed Pricklypear

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Jointed Pricklypear

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Eswatini, Jamaica, Namibia, and South Africa.

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.