Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Hydrangea

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Hydrangea macrophylla

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Hydrangea
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Cornales (Cornales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Hydrangeaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Hydrangea
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Hydrangea macrophylla

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Hydrangea

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hydrangea

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (India, Taiwan, Turkey), Europe (10 countries), North America (Guatemala), Oceania and the Pacific (Micronesia, New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru).

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.