Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Pepperweed

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Lepidium ramosissimum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Pepperweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Brassicales (Brassicales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Brassicaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Lepidium
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Lepidium ramosissimum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Pepperweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pepperweed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

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.