Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Slash pine

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Pinus elliottii

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Slash pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Coniferophyta (Conifers)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pinopsida (Conifers)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Pinales (Pines & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Pinaceae (Pine Family)
Genus	Aproteles	Pinus (Pines)
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Pinus elliottii

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Slash pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Slash pine

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Bangladesh, Taiwan), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (4 countries).

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.