Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Cretan bryony

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Bryonia cretica

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Cretan bryony
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	Bryonia
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Bryonia cretica

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Cretan bryony

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cretan bryony

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across New Zealand, Norway, Romania, and 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.