Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Cheeseweed

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Malva multiflora

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Cheeseweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Malvaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Malva
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Malva multiflora

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Cheeseweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cheeseweed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across India, South Africa, Sweden, 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.

Cheeseweed

The Cheeseweed (Malva multiflora) is a species in the genus Malva. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.