Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Cut-Leaf Mallow

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Malva alcea

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Cut-Leaf Mallow is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Cut-Leaf Mallow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Malvaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Malva
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Malva alcea

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Cut-Leaf Mallow

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Cut-Leaf Mallow
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cut-Leaf Mallow

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (17 countries) and North America (Canada, United States). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.