Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Coreopsis

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Coreopsis lanceolata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Coreopsis
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Scotonycteris	Coreopsis
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Coreopsis lanceolata

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Coreopsis

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Coreopsis

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (4 countries), Europe (13 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Palau), and South America (Brazil).

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.