Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Sour Prickle

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Opuntia dillenii

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Sour Prickle
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)	Cactaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Opuntia
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Opuntia dillenii

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Sour Prickle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sour Prickle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar), Asia (5 countries), Europe (4 countries), 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.