Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Roughback Whipray

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Fluvitrygon kittipongi

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Roughback Whipray is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Roughback Whipray
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Elasmobranchii
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Myliobatiformes (Myliobatiformes)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Dasyatidae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Fluvitrygon
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Fluvitrygon kittipongi

Evolutionary Relationship

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat and Roughback Whipray share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Roughback Whipray

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Roughback Whipray

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.