Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs toothcup

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Ammannia latifolia

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while toothcup is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	toothcup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Lythraceae
Genus	Aproteles	Ammannia
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Ammannia latifolia

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

toothcup

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

toothcup

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco), North America (Cuba), and South America (4 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.