Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Dog-Strangling Vine

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Vincetoxicum rossicum

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Dog-Strangling Vine is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Dog-Strangling Vine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Apocynaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Vincetoxicum
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Vincetoxicum rossicum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Dog-Strangling Vine

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Dog-Strangling Vine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dog-Strangling Vine

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Norway, Sweden, 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.