Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Spanish elm

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Cordia alliodora

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Spanish elm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Cordiaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Cordia
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Cordia alliodora

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Spanish elm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Spanish elm

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), North America (8 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (5 countries).

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.