Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs River Maple

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Acer saccharinum

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while River Maple is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	River Maple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Sapindaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Acer
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Acer saccharinum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

River Maple

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

River Maple

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria), Asia (Armenia), Europe (19 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil, Ecuador).

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.