Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs seaside centaury

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Centaurium littorale

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while seaside centaury is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	seaside centaury
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Gentianaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Centaurium
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Centaurium littorale

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

seaside centaury

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	seaside centaury
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

seaside centaury

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and South America (Chile). Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.