Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Butternut

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Juglans cinerea

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Butternut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fagales (Beeches & Oaks)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Juglandaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Juglans
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Juglans cinerea

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Butternut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Butternut

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (11 countries) and North America (Canada, 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.

Butternut

The Butternut (Juglans cinerea) is a species in the genus Juglans. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.