Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Red mangrove

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Rhizophora mangle

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Red mangrove
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Rhizophoraceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Rhizophora
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Rhizophora mangle

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Red mangrove

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red mangrove

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), North America (Cuba, Honduras, United States), 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.