Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs ground-bean

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Macrotyloma geocarpum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	ground-bean
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Macrotyloma
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Macrotyloma geocarpum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

ground-bean

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	ground-bean
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

ground-bean

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.