Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs High mallow

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Malva sylvestris

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Bergmans’s Fruit Bat High mallow
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Chiroptera (Bats) Malvales (Malvales)
Family Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats) Malvaceae
Genus Scotonycteris Malva
Species Scotonycteris bergmansi Malva sylvestris

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

High mallow

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Bergmans’s Fruit Bat High mallow
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

High mallow

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Angola, Zimbabwe), Asia (6 countries), Europe (24 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (5 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.

High mallow

No description available.

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