Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Rockspray

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Cotoneaster horizontalis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Rockspray
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)	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Aproteles	Cotoneaster
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Cotoneaster horizontalis

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Rockspray

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Rockspray

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Armenia, Taiwan, Turkey), Europe (21 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand).

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.