Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Dotted lancepod

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Lonchocarpus punctatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Dotted lancepod
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Lonchocarpus
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Lonchocarpus punctatus

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Dotted lancepod

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Dotted lancepod
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dotted lancepod

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia 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.