Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs marsh spurge

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Euphorbia palustris

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	marsh spurge
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)	Euphorbiaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Euphorbia
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Euphorbia palustris

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

marsh spurge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

marsh spurge

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (8 countries).

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.