Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Devil weed

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Sargassum horneri

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Devil weed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Devil weed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Chromista (Chromista)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Phaeophyceae (Phaeophyceae)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fucales (Fucales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Sargassaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Sargassum
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Sargassum horneri

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Devil weed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Devil weed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Devil weed

Habitat

Native to Asia and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Mexico, Taiwan, 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.