Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Eastern White Oak

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Quercus alba

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Eastern White Oak
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fagales (Beeches & Oaks)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fagaceae (Beech Family)
Genus	Scotonycteris	Quercus (Oaks)
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Quercus alba

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Eastern White Oak

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Eastern White Oak

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, 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.