Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Pacific false buttonweed

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Spermacoce exilis

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Pacific false buttonweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Pacific false buttonweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Rubiaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Spermacoce
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Spermacoce exilis

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Pacific false buttonweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Pacific false buttonweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pacific false buttonweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Singapore, Timor-Leste, Vietnam), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Colombia).

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.