Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs serpent cactus

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Peniocereus serpentinus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	serpent cactus
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Cactaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Peniocereus
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Peniocereus serpentinus

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

serpent cactus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	serpent cactus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

serpent cactus

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, South Africa, and Zambia.

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.