Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs small water-pepper

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Persicaria minor

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while small water-pepper is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	small water-pepper
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	Persicaria
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Persicaria minor

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

small water-pepper

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	small water-pepper
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

small water-pepper

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar), Europe (7 countries), North America (Canada), and Oceania and the Pacific (Micronesia, Papua New Guinea).

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.