Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Cowpea

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Vigna unguiculata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Cowpea
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Vigna
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Vigna unguiculata

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Cowpea

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cowpea

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (Croatia, Italy), North America (Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (5 countries).

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.