Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Duckweed

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Lemna trisulca

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Duckweed is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Duckweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Araceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Lemna
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Lemna trisulca

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Duckweed

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Duckweed

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), and North America (Canada, United States). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.