Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Indian-nut

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Areca catechu

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Indian-nut is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Indian-nut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Arecaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Areca
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Areca catechu

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Indian-nut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Indian-nut

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.