Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Sweetpotato

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Ipomoea batatas

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Sweetpotato
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Ipomoea
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Ipomoea batatas

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Sweetpotato

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sweetpotato

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (14 countries), Asia (8 countries), Europe (5 countries), North America (Honduras, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (9 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.