Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Soapberry

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Sapindus saponaria

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Soapberry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Sapindaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Sapindus
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Sapindus saponaria

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Soapberry

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Soapberry

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (India, Vietnam), North America (Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala), and South America (Brazil, Chile, 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.