Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs green heather

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Erica scoparia

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	green heather
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Ericaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Erica
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Erica scoparia

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

green heather

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

green heather

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia and Netherlands.

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.