Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Panama tree

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Sterculia apetala

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Panama tree is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Panama tree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Malvaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Sterculia
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Sterculia apetala

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Panama tree

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Panama tree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Panama tree

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India), North America (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, 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.