Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Canada Tick-Clover

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Desmodium canadense

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Canada Tick-Clover is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Canada Tick-Clover
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Desmodium
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Desmodium canadense

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Canada Tick-Clover

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Canada Tick-Clover
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Canada Tick-Clover

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and 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.

Canada Tick-Clover

The Canada Tick-Clover (Desmodium canadense) is a species in the genus Desmodium. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.