Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Diffuse knapweed

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Centaurea diffusa

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Diffuse knapweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Diffuse knapweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Scotonycteris	Centaurea
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Centaurea diffusa

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Diffuse knapweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Diffuse knapweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Diffuse knapweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (6 countries), Europe (26 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Argentina).

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.