Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Big Caltropa

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Kallstroemia maxima

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Big Caltropa
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Zygophyllales (Zygophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Zygophyllaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Kallstroemia
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Kallstroemia maxima

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Big Caltropa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Big Caltropa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Big Caltropa

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

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.

Big Caltropa

The Big Caltropa (Kallstroemia maxima) is a species in the genus Kallstroemia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.