Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Redclaw

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Cherax quadricarinatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Redclaw
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Malacostraca (Crustaceans)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Decapoda (Decapoda)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Parastacidae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Cherax
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Cherax quadricarinatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat and Redclaw share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Redclaw

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Redclaw

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (8 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (5 countries), and South America (5 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.