Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Lesser Scalewort

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Frullania microphylla

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Lesser Scalewort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Porellales (Porellales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Frullaniaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Frullania
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Frullania microphylla

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Lesser Scalewort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lesser Scalewort

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Portugal.

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.