Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Queen palm

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Syagrus romanzoffiana

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Queen palm
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	Syagrus
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Syagrus romanzoffiana

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Queen palm

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Queen palm

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (India, Taiwan, Turkey), North America (Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.