Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Red Balau

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Shorea carapae

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Red Balau is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Red Balau
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Shorea
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Shorea carapae

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Red Balau

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red Balau

Habitat

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

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.