Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Bitter Wintercress

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Barbarea vulgaris

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Bitter Wintercress
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Brassicales (Brassicales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Brassicaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Barbarea
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Barbarea vulgaris

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Bitter Wintercress

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bitter Wintercress

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (5 countries), and North America (Canada, Mexico, 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 Wintercress

The Bitter Wintercress (Barbarea vulgaris) is a species in the genus Barbarea. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.