Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Black Snakeroot

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Sanicula marilandica

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Black Snakeroot
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Apiales (Apiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Apiaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Sanicula
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Sanicula marilandica

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Black Snakeroot

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Black Snakeroot

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, France, 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.

Black Snakeroot

The Black Snakeroot (Sanicula marilandica) is a species in the genus Sanicula. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.