Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Pitpat

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Pittosporum patulum

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Pitpat is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Pitpat
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Apiales (Apiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Pittosporaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Pittosporum
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Pittosporum patulum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Pitpat

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pitpat

Habitat

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

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.