Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs queen's crape-myrtle

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Lagerstroemia speciosa

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while queen's crape-myrtle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	queen's crape-myrtle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Lythraceae
Genus	Aproteles	Lagerstroemia
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Lagerstroemia speciosa

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

queen's crape-myrtle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	queen's crape-myrtle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

queen's crape-myrtle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (Bangladesh, Taiwan), North America (Costa Rica, Panama), and South America (Brazil, 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.