Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Orange cestrum

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Cestrum aurantiacum

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Orange cestrum is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Orange cestrum
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	Cestrum
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Cestrum aurantiacum

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Orange cestrum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Orange cestrum

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (India, Indonesia), North America (Guatemala, Honduras, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand).

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.