Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Mountain yam

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Dioscorea hamiltonii

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Mountain yam is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Mountain yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Dioscorea
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Dioscorea hamiltonii

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Mountain yam

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mountain yam

Habitat

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

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.