Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs wire crabgrass

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Digitaria longiflora

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while wire crabgrass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	wire crabgrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Aproteles	Digitaria
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Digitaria longiflora

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

wire crabgrass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

wire crabgrass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (4 countries), Europe (4 countries), North America (Costa Rica, Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Micronesia), 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.