Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Minute duckweed

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Lemna minuta

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Minute duckweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Minute duckweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Araceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Lemna
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Lemna minuta

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Minute duckweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Minute duckweed

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (22 countries), North America (Canada), 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.