Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs boxthorn

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Lycium europaeum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	boxthorn
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Solanaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Lycium
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Lycium europaeum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

boxthorn

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

boxthorn

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Croatia, France, India, Portugal, and Spain.

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.

boxthorn

The Boxthorn (Lycium europaeum) is a species in the genus Lycium. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. It is found in Croatia, France, India, Portugal and Spain.