Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Small Yellow-legged Robberfly

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Dioctria linearis

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Small Yellow-legged Robberfly is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Small Yellow-legged Robberfly
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Asilidae
Genus	Aproteles	Dioctria
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Dioctria linearis

Evolutionary Relationship

Bulmer's Fruit Bat and Small Yellow-legged Robberfly share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Small Yellow-legged Robberfly

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Small Yellow-legged Robberfly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Small Yellow-legged Robberfly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.