Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Seagrape

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Coccoloba uvifera

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Seagrape is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Seagrape
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Polygonaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Coccoloba
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Coccoloba uvifera

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Seagrape

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Seagrape

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Asia (4 countries), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.