Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Coyote gourd

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Cucurbita cordata

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Coyote gourd is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Coyote gourd
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Cucurbitales (Cucurbitales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Cucurbitaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Cucurbita
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Cucurbita cordata

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Coyote gourd

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Coyote gourd

Habitat

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

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.