Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Red ash

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Alphitonia excelsa

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Red ash is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Red ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Rhamnaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Alphitonia
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Alphitonia excelsa

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Red ash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red ash

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across India, Papua New Guinea, 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.