Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Filbert

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Corylus maxima

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Filbert
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fagales (Beeches & Oaks)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Betulaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Corylus
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Corylus maxima

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Filbert

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Filbert

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Asia (Cyprus, Turkey) and Europe (12 countries).

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.