Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Least snoutbean

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Rhynchosia minima

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Least snoutbean
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Rhynchosia
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Rhynchosia minima

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Least snoutbean

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Least snoutbean

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Burundi, Comoros, Madagascar), Asia (Taiwan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Fiji), and South America (Brazil, Chile, 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.