Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Bokhara Clover

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Melilotus albus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Bokhara Clover
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Melilotus
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Melilotus albus

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Bokhara Clover

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bokhara Clover

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (18 countries), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (6 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.

Bokhara Clover

The Bokhara Clover (Melilotus albus) is a species in the genus Melilotus. Native to Angola, Argentina, Australia, Belarus, Belgium.