Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Wild Lettuce

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Lactuca indica

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Wild Lettuce is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Wild Lettuce
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Aproteles	Lactuca
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Lactuca indica

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Wild Lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wild Lettuce

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Madagascar, South Africa), Asia (Laos, Taiwan), and South America (Brazil).

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.