Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Downy Cherry

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Prunus tomentosa

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Downy Cherry is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Downy Cherry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Scotonycteris	Prunus (Cherries & Plums)
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Prunus tomentosa

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Downy Cherry

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Downy Cherry
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Downy Cherry

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (5 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.