Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Dwarf cupflower

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Nierembergia linariifolia

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Dwarf cupflower is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Dwarf cupflower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Solanaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Nierembergia
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Nierembergia linariifolia

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Dwarf cupflower

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dwarf cupflower

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, India, South Africa, 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.