Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Root-headed Centaury

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Centaurea rhizocalathium

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Root-headed Centaury is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Root-headed Centaury
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Scotonycteris	Centaurea
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Centaurea rhizocalathium

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Root-headed Centaury

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Root-headed Centaury
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Root-headed Centaury

Habitat

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

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.