Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Carelessweed

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Amaranthus spinosus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Carelessweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Amaranthus
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Amaranthus spinosus

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Carelessweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Carelessweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (22 countries), Europe (23 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (7 countries).

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.

Carelessweed

The Carelessweed (Amaranthus spinosus) is a species in the genus Amaranthus. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.