Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Large-flowered Evening-primrose

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Oenothera glazioviana

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Large-flowered Evening-primrose is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Large-flowered Evening-primrose
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Onagraceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Oenothera
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Oenothera glazioviana

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Large-flowered Evening-primrose

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Large-flowered Evening-primrose
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Large-flowered Evening-primrose

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (29 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), 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.