Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Lesser Whipwort

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Bazzania tricrenata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

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

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Lesser Whipwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lesser Whipwort

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, Taiwan, and United States.

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.