Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Hairy Bindweed

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Calystegia pulchra

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Hairy Bindweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Hairy Bindweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Calystegia
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Calystegia pulchra

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Hairy Bindweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Hairy Bindweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hairy Bindweed

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (13 countries).

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.