Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Soya-bean

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Glycine max

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Soya-bean is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Soya-bean
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Glycine
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Glycine max

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Soya-bean

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Soya-bean
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Soya-bean

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Chad, Congo (DRC), Guinea), Asia (4 countries), Europe (20 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

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.