Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Vegetable fern

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Athyriaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Diplazium
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, 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.