Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Ivyleaf geranium

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Pelargonium peltatum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Ivyleaf geranium
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Geraniales (Geraniales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Geraniaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Pelargonium
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Pelargonium peltatum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Ivyleaf geranium

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ivyleaf geranium

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Libya), Europe (Portugal, Sweden), North America (United States), 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.