Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Prickly moses

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Acacia verticillata

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Prickly moses is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Prickly moses
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Acacia
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Acacia verticillata

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Prickly moses

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly moses

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India), Europe (Portugal, Spain), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), 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.