Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs sacred basil

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Ocimum tenuiflorum

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while sacred basil is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	sacred basil
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Lamiaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Ocimum
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Ocimum tenuiflorum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

sacred basil

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	sacred basil
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

sacred basil

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles, Zambia), Asia (Maldives, Singapore, Timor-Leste), North America (Barbados), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (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.