Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Bitter-Root

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Apocynum androsaemifolium

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Bitter-Root is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Bitter-Root
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Apocynaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Apocynum
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Apocynum androsaemifolium

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Bitter-Root

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Bitter-Root
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bitter-Root

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

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.

Bitter-Root

The Bitter-Root (Apocynum androsaemifolium) is a species in the genus Apocynum. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.