Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs marsh thistle

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Cirsium palustre

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while marsh thistle is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	marsh thistle
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	Cirsium
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Cirsium palustre

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

marsh thistle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	marsh thistle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

marsh thistle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (8 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).

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.