Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Black Afara

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Terminalia ivorensis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Black Afara
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Combretaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Terminalia
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Terminalia ivorensis

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Black Afara

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Black Afara

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Cuba, Guinea, and Tanzania.

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.

Black Afara

The Black Afara (Terminalia ivorensis) is a species in the genus Terminalia. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.