Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Forest Ironplum

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Drypetes gerrardii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Forest Ironplum
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)	Putranjivaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Drypetes
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Drypetes gerrardii

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Forest Ironplum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Forest Ironplum

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.