Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs sensitive joint-vetch

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Aeschynomene virginica

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while sensitive joint-vetch is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	sensitive joint-vetch
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Aeschynomene
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Aeschynomene virginica

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

sensitive joint-vetch

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	sensitive joint-vetch
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

sensitive joint-vetch

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Cuba and Japan.

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.