Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Red-Seeded Dandelion

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Taraxacum erythrospermum

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Red-Seeded Dandelion is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Red-Seeded Dandelion
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Aproteles	Taraxacum
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Taraxacum erythrospermum

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Red-Seeded Dandelion

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Red-Seeded Dandelion
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red-Seeded Dandelion

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Iceland, Japan, Norway, 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.