Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs japweed

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Sargassum muticum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	japweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Chromista (Chromista)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Phaeophyceae (Phaeophyceae)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fucales (Fucales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Sargassaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Sargassum
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Sargassum muticum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

japweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

japweed

Habitat

Native to Africa and Asia and Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco), Asia (Oman), Europe (12 countries), and North America (Mexico).

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.