Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Red Meranti

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Shorea mecistopteryx

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Red Meranti is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Red Meranti
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Shorea
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Shorea mecistopteryx

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Red Meranti

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red Meranti

Habitat

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

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.