Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Smooth joyweed

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Alternanthera paronychioides

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Smooth joyweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Smooth joyweed
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)	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Alternanthera
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Alternanthera paronychioides

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Smooth joyweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Smooth joyweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (5 countries), Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.