Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs fern-leaf aralia

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Polyscias cumingiana

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while fern-leaf aralia is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	fern-leaf aralia
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Apiales (Apiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Araliaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Polyscias
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Polyscias cumingiana

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

fern-leaf aralia

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	fern-leaf aralia
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

fern-leaf aralia

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Mauritius, Seychelles), Asia (India), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), 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.