Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Milky Box

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Lophostemon lactifluus

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Milky Box is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Milky Box
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Myrtaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Lophostemon
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Lophostemon lactifluus

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Milky Box

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Milky Box
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Milky Box

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.