Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Feather-head knapweed

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Centaurea trichocephala

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Feather-head knapweed
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)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Scotonycteris	Centaurea
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Centaurea trichocephala

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Feather-head knapweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Feather-head knapweed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across France, Sweden, and 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.