Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Prickly Coontail

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Ceratophyllum echinatum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Prickly Coontail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ceratophyllales (Ceratophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Ceratophyllaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Ceratophyllum
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Ceratophyllum echinatum

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Prickly Coontail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Coontail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada 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.