Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Indian-plum

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Flacourtia jangomas

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Indian-plum
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	Flacourtia
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Flacourtia jangomas

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Indian-plum

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Indian-plum

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar, Seychelles), Asia (Maldives, Singapore, Taiwan), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Micronesia).

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.