Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Red ginger

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Alpinia purpurata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Red ginger
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Zingiberaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Alpinia
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Alpinia purpurata

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Red ginger

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red ginger

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Asia (India, Taiwan, Thailand), North America (13 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (9 countries), and South America (4 countries).

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.