Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Round-Leaf Wintergreen

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Pyrola rotundifolia

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Round-Leaf Wintergreen is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Round-Leaf Wintergreen
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Ericaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Pyrola
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Pyrola rotundifolia

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Round-Leaf Wintergreen

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Round-Leaf Wintergreen
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Round-Leaf Wintergreen

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (United States). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.