Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Hoary Willow

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Salix candida

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Hoary Willow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Salicaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Salix
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Salix candida

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Hoary Willow

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Hoary Willow
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hoary Willow

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, France, Norway, 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.