Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Laurel

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Guatteria hirsuta

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)	Magnoliales (Magnoliales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Annonaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Guatteria
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Guatteria hirsuta

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Laurel

LC — Least Concern

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.

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Colombia.

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.