Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Mintweed

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Salvia reflexa

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Mintweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Mintweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Lamiaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Salvia
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Salvia reflexa

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Mintweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mintweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa, Zimbabwe), Asia (Japan), Europe (16 countries), North America (Canada), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.