Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Malabar Tamarind

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Garcinia gummi-gutta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Malabar Tamarind
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Clusiaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Garcinia
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Garcinia gummi-gutta

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Malabar Tamarind

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Malabar Tamarind

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.