Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Pitaya

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Echinocereus enneacanthus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Pitaya
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Cactaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Echinocereus
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Echinocereus enneacanthus

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Pitaya

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pitaya

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Taiwan.

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.