Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Cottony Willow

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Salix eriocephala

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Cottony Willow
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	Salix
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Salix eriocephala

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Cottony Willow

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cottony Willow

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (10 countries) and North America (Canada, 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.