Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs False heather

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Cuphea hyssopifolia

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while False heather is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	False heather
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Lythraceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Cuphea
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Cuphea hyssopifolia

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

False heather

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	False heather
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

False heather

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Mauritius), Asia (India, Taiwan), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.