Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Rough clover

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Trifolium scabrum

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Rough clover is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Rough clover
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Trifolium
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Trifolium scabrum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Rough clover

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Rough clover

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.