Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Narrow-leafed Ash

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Fraxinus angustifolia

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Narrow-leafed Ash is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Narrow-leafed Ash
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)	Oleaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Fraxinus
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Fraxinus angustifolia

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Narrow-leafed Ash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Narrow-leafed Ash
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Narrow-leafed Ash

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Cyprus), Europe (6 countries), 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.