Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Hill Turmeric

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Curcuma pseudomontana

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Hill Turmeric is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Hill Turmeric
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Zingiberaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Curcuma
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Curcuma pseudomontana

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Hill Turmeric

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Hill Turmeric
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hill Turmeric

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

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.