African Bean vs Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Faurea saligna compared with Scotonycteris bergmansi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank African Bean Bergmans’s Fruit Bat
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Proteales (Proteales) Chiroptera (Bats)
Family Proteaceae Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus Faurea Scotonycteris
Species Faurea saligna Scotonycteris bergmansi

Conservation Status

African Bean

LC — Least Concern

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute African Bean Bergmans’s Fruit Bat
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

African Bean

Habitat

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

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

African Bean

The African Bean (Faurea saligna) is a species in the genus Faurea. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. This species inhabits Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

The Bergmans’s Fruit Bat (Scotonycteris bergmansi) is a species in the genus Scotonycteris. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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