Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Long john

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Triplaris melaenodendron

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Long john
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Polygonaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Triplaris
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Triplaris melaenodendron

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Long john

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Long john

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia and United States.

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.