Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Sneezeweed

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Achillea ptarmica

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Sneezeweed
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	Achillea
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Achillea ptarmica

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Sneezeweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sneezeweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (7 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile).

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.