Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs melon-leaf nightshade

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Solanum citrullifolium

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while melon-leaf nightshade is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	melon-leaf nightshade
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Solanaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Solanum
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Solanum citrullifolium

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

melon-leaf nightshade

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	melon-leaf nightshade
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

melon-leaf nightshade

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, and Sweden.

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.