Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Buckwheat

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Fagopyrum esculentum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Buckwheat
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Polygonaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Fagopyrum
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Fagopyrum esculentum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Buckwheat

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Buckwheat

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), South Africa, Zimbabwe), Asia (4 countries), Europe (29 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).

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.

Buckwheat

The Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) is a species in the genus Fagopyrum. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.