Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Nodding sage

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Salvia nutans

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Nodding sage is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Nodding sage
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)	Lamiaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Salvia
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Salvia nutans

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Nodding sage

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Nodding sage
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Nodding sage

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Estonia, Latvia, Spain, and United States.

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.