Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs green comet milkweed

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Asclepias viridiflora

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while green comet milkweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	green comet milkweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Apocynaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Asclepias
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Asclepias viridiflora

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

green comet milkweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	green comet milkweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

green comet milkweed

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Canada.

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.