Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs sweet tanglehead

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Heteropogon melanocarpus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	sweet tanglehead
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	Heteropogon
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Heteropogon melanocarpus

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

sweet tanglehead

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

sweet tanglehead

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Burkina Faso, Colombia, and Guinea.

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.