Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Purple Mullein

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Verbascum phoeniceum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Purple Mullein
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	Verbascum
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Verbascum phoeniceum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Purple Mullein

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Purple Mullein

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (10 countries), and North America (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.