Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Golden-Heather

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Hudsonia ericoides

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Golden-Heather is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Golden-Heather
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Cistaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Hudsonia
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Hudsonia ericoides

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Golden-Heather

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Golden-Heather
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Golden-Heather

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, France, 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.