Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Large Fruit-eating Bat

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Artibeus amplus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Large Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order same	Chiroptera (Bats)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Artibeus
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Artibeus amplus

Evolutionary Relationship

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat and Large Fruit-eating Bat share a common ancestor at the Order level: Chiroptera. (Bats)

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Large Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Large Fruit-eating Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Large Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

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.