Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Bottlebrush Buckeye

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Aesculus parviflora

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Bottlebrush Buckeye
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Sapindaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Aesculus
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Aesculus parviflora

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Bottlebrush Buckeye

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bottlebrush Buckeye

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Hungary, Sweden, 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.

Bottlebrush Buckeye

The Bottlebrush Buckeye (Aesculus parviflora) is a species in the genus Aesculus. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.