Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Himalayan indigo

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Indigofera heterantha

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Himalayan indigo is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Himalayan indigo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Indigofera
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Indigofera heterantha

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Himalayan indigo

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Himalayan indigo
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Himalayan indigo

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, Sweden, and United Kingdom.

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.