Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Narrow-leafed Ash

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Fraxinus angustifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Narrow-leafed Ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Oleaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Fraxinus
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Fraxinus angustifolia

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Narrow-leafed Ash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Narrow-leafed Ash
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Narrow-leafed Ash

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Cyprus), Europe (6 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.