Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Hormiguerillo

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Senna multijuga

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Hormiguerillo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Senna
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Senna multijuga

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Hormiguerillo

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hormiguerillo

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Europe (Portugal), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.