Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Yellow salsify

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Tragopogon dubius

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Yellow salsify is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Yellow salsify
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	Tragopogon
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Tragopogon dubius

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Yellow salsify

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Yellow salsify
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Yellow salsify

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (China), Europe (12 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Chile).

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.