Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Scaly Hawkbit

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Hedypnois cretica

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Scaly Hawkbit
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	Hedypnois
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Hedypnois cretica

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Scaly Hawkbit

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Scaly Hawkbit

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Argentina, Chile).

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.