Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Marsh fleabane

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Pluchea carolinensis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Marsh fleabane
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Aproteles	Pluchea
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Pluchea carolinensis

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Marsh fleabane

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Marsh fleabane
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Marsh fleabane

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries).

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.