Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Pomelo

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Citrus maxima

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Pomelo is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Pomelo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Rutaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Citrus
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Citrus maxima

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Pomelo

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pomelo

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (Laos, Maldives, Taiwan), Europe (Sweden), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

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.