Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Key West heliotrope

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Euploca fruticosa

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Key West heliotrope is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Key West heliotrope
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Heliotropiaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Euploca
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Euploca fruticosa

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Key West heliotrope

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Key West heliotrope
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Key West heliotrope

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Cuba.

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.