Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Fly marsh elder

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Iva cheiranthifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Bergmans’s Fruit Bat Fly marsh elder
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Chiroptera (Bats) Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats) Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus Scotonycteris Iva
Species Scotonycteris bergmansi Iva cheiranthifolia

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Fly marsh elder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Bergmans’s Fruit Bat Fly marsh elder
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fly marsh elder

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Cuba and 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.

Fly marsh elder

No description available.

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