Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Mountain yam

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Dioscorea hamiltonii

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Mountain yam is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Mountain yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Dioscorea
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Dioscorea hamiltonii

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Mountain yam

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mountain yam

Habitat

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

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.