Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Prickly Yellow

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Zanthoxylum caribaeum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Prickly Yellow
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	Zanthoxylum
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Zanthoxylum caribaeum

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Prickly Yellow

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Yellow

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

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.