Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Cosmos

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Cosmos sulphureus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Bergmans’s Fruit Bat Cosmos
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 Cosmos
Species Scotonycteris bergmansi Cosmos sulphureus

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Cosmos

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Bergmans’s Fruit Bat Cosmos
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cosmos

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (4 countries), North America (Panama, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia).

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.

Cosmos

No description available.

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