Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs smooth hawkweed

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Hieracium laevigatum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	smooth hawkweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Aproteles	Hieracium
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Hieracium laevigatum

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

smooth hawkweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

smooth hawkweed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, and Portugal.

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.