Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Roundleaf geranium

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Geranium rotundifolium

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Roundleaf geranium is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Roundleaf geranium
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Geraniales (Geraniales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Geraniaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Geranium
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Geranium rotundifolium

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Roundleaf geranium

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Roundleaf geranium
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Roundleaf geranium

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Europe (16 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).

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.