Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Forked chickweed

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Cerastium dichotomum

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Forked chickweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Forked chickweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Caryophyllaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Cerastium
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Cerastium dichotomum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Forked chickweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Forked chickweed

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 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.