Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Native Caper

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Capparis canescens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Native Caper
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Brassicales (Brassicales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Capparaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Capparis
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Capparis canescens

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Native Caper

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Native Caper

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.