Annual Willowherb vs Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Epilobium brachycarpum compared with Scotonycteris bergmansi

Key Differences

• Annual Willowherb is Not Evaluated while Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Annual Willowherb	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Onagraceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Epilobium	Scotonycteris
Species	Epilobium brachycarpum	Scotonycteris bergmansi

Conservation Status

Annual Willowherb

NE — Not Evaluated

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Annual Willowherb	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Annual Willowherb

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (8 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Argentina, Chile).

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Annual Willowherb

The Annual Willowherb (Epilobium brachycarpum) is a species in the genus Epilobium. 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.