Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Runner Bean

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Phaseolus coccineus

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Runner Bean is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Runner Bean
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	Phaseolus
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Phaseolus coccineus

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Runner Bean

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Runner Bean
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Runner Bean

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan, Turkey), Europe (14 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.