Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Laurel

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Ocotea contrerasii

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Laurel is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Laurel
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Laurales (Laurales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Lauraceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Ocotea
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Ocotea contrerasii

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Laurel

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Laurel

Habitat

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

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.