Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs water dock

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Rumex aquaticus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	water dock
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Polygonaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Rumex
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Rumex aquaticus

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

water dock

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

water dock

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Asia (India, Japan) and Europe (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.