Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Feather-Geranium

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Dysphania botrys

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Feather-Geranium is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Feather-Geranium
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Dysphania
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Dysphania botrys

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Feather-Geranium

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Feather-Geranium
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Feather-Geranium

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Turkey), Europe (10 countries), and North America (Canada, 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.