Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Thin-flowered Colchicum

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Colchicum leptanthum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Thin-flowered Colchicum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Liliales (Liliales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Colchicaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Colchicum
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Colchicum leptanthum

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Thin-flowered Colchicum

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Thin-flowered Colchicum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Thin-flowered Colchicum

Habitat

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

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.