Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Mediterranean sage

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Salvia aethiopis

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Mediterranean sage is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Mediterranean sage
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)	Lamiaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Salvia
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Salvia aethiopis

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Mediterranean sage

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Mediterranean sage
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mediterranean sage

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Cyprus, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.