Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Indian-laurel

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Litsea glutinosa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Indian-laurel
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Laurales (Laurales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Lauraceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Litsea
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Litsea glutinosa

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Indian-laurel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Indian-laurel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Indian-laurel

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Comoros, Madagascar, Seychelles, South Africa, and Taiwan.

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.