Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Jerusalem cherry

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Solanum pseudocapsicum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Jerusalem cherry
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	Solanum
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Solanum pseudocapsicum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Jerusalem cherry

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Jerusalem cherry

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (14 countries), North America (Guatemala, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (4 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.