Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Cut-Leaf Teasel

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Dipsacus laciniatus

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Cut-Leaf Teasel is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Cut-Leaf Teasel
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Dipsacales (Dipsacales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Caprifoliaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Dipsacus
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Dipsacus laciniatus

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Cut-Leaf Teasel

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Cut-Leaf Teasel
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 Teasel

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (11 countries) and North America (Canada, 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.