Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Sawtooth Sunflower

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Helianthus grosseserratus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Sawtooth Sunflower
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	Helianthus (Sunflowers)
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Helianthus grosseserratus

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Sawtooth Sunflower

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sawtooth Sunflower

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Denmark, Lithuania, Sweden, 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.