Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Pacific false buttonweed

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Spermacoce exilis

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Pacific false buttonweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Pacific false buttonweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Rubiaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Spermacoce
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Spermacoce exilis

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Pacific false buttonweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Pacific false buttonweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pacific false buttonweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Singapore, Timor-Leste, Vietnam), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Colombia).

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.