Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs mescal agave

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Agave angustifolia

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while mescal agave is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	mescal agave
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Asparagaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Agave
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Agave angustifolia

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

mescal agave

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	mescal agave
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

mescal agave

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Europe (Spain), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

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.