Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Light Red Meranti

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Shorea smithiana

Key Differences

  • Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Light Red Meranti is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Bulmer's Fruit Bat Light Red Meranti
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Chiroptera (Bats) Malvales (Malvales)
Family Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats) Dipterocarpaceae
Genus Aproteles Shorea
Species Aproteles bulmerae Shorea smithiana

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Light Red Meranti

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Bulmer's Fruit Bat Light Red Meranti
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Light Red Meranti

Habitat

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

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.

Light Red Meranti

No description available.

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