Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Cape bugloss

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Anchusa capensis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Cape bugloss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Boraginaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Anchusa
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Anchusa capensis

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Cape bugloss

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cape bugloss

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Namibia), Asia (India, Taiwan), Europe (Sweden), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.

Cape bugloss

The Cape bugloss (Anchusa capensis) is a species in the genus Anchusa. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.