Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Pole butterflybush

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Buddleja officinalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Pole butterflybush
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Scrophulariaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Buddleja
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Buddleja officinalis

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Pole butterflybush

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pole butterflybush

Habitat

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

Range

Found in 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.