Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Herbaceous periwinkle

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Vinca herbacea

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Herbaceous periwinkle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Herbaceous periwinkle
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	Vinca
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Vinca herbacea

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Herbaceous periwinkle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Herbaceous periwinkle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Herbaceous periwinkle

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Sweden and United States.

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.