Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Trailing indigo

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Indigofera hendecaphylla

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Trailing indigo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Indigofera
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Indigofera hendecaphylla

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Trailing indigo

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Trailing indigo

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Comoros, Madagascar, Taiwan, and United States.

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.