Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Lemon beebrush

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Aloysia citrodora

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Lemon beebrush is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Lemon beebrush
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Verbenaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Aloysia
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Aloysia citrodora

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Lemon beebrush

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lemon beebrush

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Rwanda, South Africa), Asia (India), Europe (Greece, Italy), North America (Cuba, United States), and South America (Brazil, 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.