Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Poison devil's-pepper

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Rauvolfia vomitoria

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Poison devil's-pepper is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Poison devil's-pepper
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)	Apocynaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Rauvolfia
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Rauvolfia vomitoria

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Poison devil's-pepper

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Poison devil's-pepper
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Poison devil's-pepper

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Cameroon and United States.

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.