Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Matted sandmat

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Euphorbia serpens

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Matted sandmat is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Matted sandmat
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 serpens

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Matted sandmat

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Matted sandmat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Matted sandmat

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (6 countries), North America (Canada, 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.