Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Prickly Pole

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Bactris jamaicana

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Prickly Pole is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Prickly Pole
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Arecaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Bactris
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Bactris jamaicana

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Pole

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Pole

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

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.