Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Edging Lobelia

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Lobelia erinus

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Edging Lobelia is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Edging Lobelia
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Campanulaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Lobelia
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Lobelia erinus

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Edging Lobelia

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Edging Lobelia

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (18 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador).

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.