Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Pleurisy Root

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Asclepias incarnata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Pleurisy Root
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Apocynaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Asclepias
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Asclepias incarnata

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Pleurisy Root

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pleurisy Root

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Algeria, Belgium, 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.