Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Fall Phlox

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Phlox paniculata

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Fall Phlox is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Fall Phlox
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Polemoniaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Phlox
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Phlox paniculata

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Fall Phlox

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Fall Phlox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fall Phlox

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (17 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.