Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Bladdernut

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Staphylea pinnata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Bladdernut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Crossosomatales (Crossosomatales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Staphyleaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Staphylea
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Staphylea pinnata

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Bladdernut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bladdernut

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (9 countries).

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.

Bladdernut

The Bladdernut (Staphylea pinnata) is a species in the genus Staphylea. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.