Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs bur ragweed

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Ambrosia confertiflora

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	bur ragweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Scotonycteris	Ambrosia
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Ambrosia confertiflora

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

bur ragweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

bur ragweed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Bulgaria, Israel, Norway, and Palestine.

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.

bur ragweed

The Bur ragweed (Ambrosia confertiflora) is a species in the genus Ambrosia. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.