Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Silkrubber

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Funtumia elastica

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Silkrubber
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Apocynaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Funtumia
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Funtumia elastica

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Silkrubber

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Silkrubber

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Cameroon, Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, and Seychelles.

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.