Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Flame Nasturtium

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Tropaeolum speciosum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Flame Nasturtium
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Brassicales (Brassicales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Tropaeolaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Tropaeolum
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Tropaeolum speciosum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Flame Nasturtium

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Flame Nasturtium

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Europe (7 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand).

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.