Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs inkberry

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Cestrum laevigatum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	inkberry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Solanaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Cestrum
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Cestrum laevigatum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

inkberry

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

inkberry

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Africa (6 countries).

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.