Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Hortensia

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Hydrangea macrophylla

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Hortensia
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Cornales (Cornales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Hydrangeaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Hydrangea
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Hydrangea macrophylla

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Hortensia

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hortensia

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (India, Taiwan, Turkey), Europe (10 countries), North America (Guatemala), Oceania and the Pacific (Micronesia, New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru).

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.