Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Cornflag

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Gladiolus communis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Cornflag
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Iridaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Gladiolus
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Gladiolus communis

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Cornflag

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cornflag

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (11 countries), North America (Dominican Republic, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Colombia, Peru).

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.