Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Eye Bright

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Heliotropium angiospermum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Eye Bright
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)	Heliotropiaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Heliotropium
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Heliotropium angiospermum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Eye Bright

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Eye Bright

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Cuba.

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.