Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Lesser Featherwort

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Plagiochila porelloides

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Lesser Featherwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Jungermanniales (Jungermanniales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Plagiochilaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Plagiochila
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Plagiochila porelloides

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Lesser Featherwort

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Lesser Featherwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lesser Featherwort

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (5 countries), and North America (United States). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.