Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Murray Plum

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Prunus murrayana

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Murray Plum is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Murray Plum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Scotonycteris	Prunus (Cherries & Plums)
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Prunus murrayana

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Murray Plum

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Murray Plum

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.