Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Parrotfeather

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Myriophyllum aquaticum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Parrotfeather
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Saxifragales (Saxifragales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Haloragaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Myriophyllum
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Myriophyllum aquaticum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Parrotfeather

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Parrotfeather

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (11 countries), Europe (14 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (4 countries).

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.