Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs pepper-elder

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Piper amalago

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while pepper-elder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	pepper-elder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Piperales (Piperales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Piperaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Piper
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Piper amalago

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

pepper-elder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	pepper-elder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

pepper-elder

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

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.