Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Drumheads

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Polygala cruciata

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Drumheads is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Drumheads
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)	Polygalaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Polygala
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Polygala cruciata

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Drumheads

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Drumheads

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Canada.

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.