Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Field Dock

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Rumex pseudonatronatus

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Field Dock is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Field Dock
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)	Polygonaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Rumex
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Rumex pseudonatronatus

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Field Dock

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Field Dock
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Field Dock

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Russia, 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.