Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Tangerine

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Citrus reticulata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Bulmer's Fruit Bat Tangerine
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Chiroptera (Bats) Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats) Rutaceae
Genus Aproteles Citrus
Species Aproteles bulmerae Citrus reticulata

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Tangerine

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Bulmer's Fruit Bat Tangerine
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tangerine

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (Laos), Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru).

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.

Tangerine

No description available.

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