Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Stinkgrass

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Eragrostis cilianensis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Stinkgrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Aproteles	Eragrostis
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Eragrostis cilianensis

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Stinkgrass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Stinkgrass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Madagascar), Asia (Georgia, Taiwan, Timor-Leste), Europe (19 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Papua New Guinea), 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.