Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Red Alder

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Alnus rubra

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Red Alder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Red Alder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fagales (Beeches & Oaks)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Betulaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Alnus
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Alnus rubra

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Red Alder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Red Alder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red Alder

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (7 countries), North America (Canada), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.