Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Eastern Waterleaf

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Hydrophyllum virginianum

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Eastern Waterleaf is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Eastern Waterleaf
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Hydrophyllaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Hydrophyllum
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Hydrophyllum virginianum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Eastern Waterleaf

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Eastern Waterleaf

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, 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.