Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs River False Buttonweed

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Spermacoce tenuior

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	River False Buttonweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Rubiaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Spermacoce
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Spermacoce tenuior

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

River False Buttonweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	River False Buttonweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

River False Buttonweed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Cuba, and Madagascar.

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.