Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Ceylon gooseberry

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Dovyalis hebecarpa

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Ceylon gooseberry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Salicaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Dovyalis
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Dovyalis hebecarpa

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Ceylon gooseberry

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ceylon gooseberry

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, Taiwan, 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.

Ceylon gooseberry

The Ceylon Gooseberry (Dovyalis hebecarpa) is a species in the genus Dovyalis. Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, Taiwan, and United States.