Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Quito-orange

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Solanum quitoense

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Quito-orange is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Quito-orange
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Solanaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Solanum
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Solanum quitoense

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Quito-orange

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Quito-orange
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Quito-orange

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Rwanda), North America (Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama), and South America (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.