Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Four-Lined Silverfish

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Ctenolepisma lineata

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Four-Lined Silverfish is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Four-Lined Silverfish
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Arthropoda (artrópodos)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Insecta (insecto)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Zygentoma (Zygentoma)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Lepismatidae
Genus	Aproteles	Ctenolepisma
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Ctenolepisma lineata

Evolutionary Relationship

Bulmer's Fruit Bat and Four-Lined Silverfish share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Four-Lined Silverfish

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Four-Lined Silverfish
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Four-Lined Silverfish

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, and United States.

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.