Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Box-Leaf Holly

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Ilex crenata

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Box-Leaf Holly is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Box-Leaf Holly
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Aquifoliales (Aquifoliales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Aquifoliaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Ilex
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Ilex crenata

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Box-Leaf Holly

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Box-Leaf Holly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Box-Leaf Holly

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Taiwan, 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.

Box-Leaf Holly

The Box-leaf holly (Ilex crenata) is a species in the genus Ilex. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. It is found in Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Taiwan and United States.