Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Field Hawkweed

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Pilosella caespitosa

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Field Hawkweed
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	Pilosella
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Pilosella caespitosa

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Field Hawkweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Field Hawkweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (7 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.