Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Pale flax

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Linum bienne

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Pale flax is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Pale flax
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Linaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Linum
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Linum bienne

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Pale flax

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Pale flax
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pale flax

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (4 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile).

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.