Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Buddha's hand

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Alocasia cucullata

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Buddha's hand is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Buddha's hand
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Araceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Alocasia
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Alocasia cucullata

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Buddha's hand

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Buddha's hand
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Buddha's hand

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

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.

Buddha's hand

The Buddha'S Hand (Alocasia cucullata) is a species in the genus Alocasia. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.