Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Firespike

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Odontonema tubaeforme

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Firespike
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Acanthaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Odontonema
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Odontonema tubaeforme

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Firespike

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Firespike

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (Taiwan), North America (4 countries), 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.