Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Hawk's-beard

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Crepis pulchra

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Hawk's-beard is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Hawk's-beard
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Scotonycteris	Crepis
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Crepis pulchra

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Hawk's-beard

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Hawk's-beard
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hawk's-beard

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (6 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Chile).

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.