Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Pomelo

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Citrus maxima

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Pomelo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Rutaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Citrus
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Citrus maxima

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Pomelo

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pomelo

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (Laos, Maldives, Taiwan), Europe (Sweden), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

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.