Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Nodding Yucca

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Yucca cernua

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Nodding Yucca is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Nodding Yucca
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Asparagaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Yucca
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Yucca cernua

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Nodding Yucca

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Nodding Yucca

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.