Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs queen's crape-myrtle

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Lagerstroemia speciosa

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while queen's crape-myrtle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	queen's crape-myrtle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Lythraceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Lagerstroemia
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Lagerstroemia speciosa

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

queen's crape-myrtle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	queen's crape-myrtle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

queen's crape-myrtle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (Bangladesh, Taiwan), North America (Costa Rica, Panama), 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.