Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Floreana flax

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Linum cratericolum

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Floreana flax is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Floreana flax
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Linaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Linum
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Linum cratericolum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Floreana flax

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Floreana flax

Habitat

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

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.