Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Melancholy Thistle

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Cirsium heterophyllum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Melancholy Thistle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Scotonycteris	Cirsium
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Cirsium heterophyllum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Melancholy Thistle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Melancholy Thistle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Melancholy Thistle

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 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.