Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Bitterberry

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Shepherdia canadensis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Bitterberry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Elaeagnaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Shepherdia
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Shepherdia canadensis

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Bitterberry

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bitterberry

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, 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.

Bitterberry

The Bitterberry (Shepherdia canadensis) is a species in the genus Shepherdia. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.