Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Fireweed

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Chamaenerion angustifolium

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Fireweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Onagraceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Chamaenerion
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Chamaenerion angustifolium

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Fireweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fireweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Cyprus, Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), and North America (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.