Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Mimusops

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Mimusops coriacea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Mimusops
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Sapotaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Mimusops
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Mimusops coriacea

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Mimusops

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mimusops

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Seychelles, and United States.

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.