Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Parallel-leaved Dandelion

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Taraxacum xiphoideum

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Parallel-leaved Dandelion is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Parallel-leaved Dandelion
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Scotonycteris	Taraxacum
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Taraxacum xiphoideum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Parallel-leaved Dandelion

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Parallel-leaved Dandelion
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Parallel-leaved Dandelion

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Iceland and Norway.

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.