Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Key lime

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Citrus aurantiifolia

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Key lime
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Rutaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Citrus
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Citrus aurantiifolia

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Key lime

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Key lime

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (4 countries), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (Costa Rica, Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru).

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.