Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs cush-cush

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Dioscorea trifida

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	cush-cush
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Dioscorea
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Dioscorea trifida

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

cush-cush

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

cush-cush

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Brazil and 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.