Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Shamel ash

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Fraxinus uhdei

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Shamel ash is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Shamel ash
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)	Oleaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Fraxinus
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Fraxinus uhdei

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Shamel ash

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Shamel ash
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Shamel ash

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India, Taiwan), North America (Guatemala, Honduras, United States), 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.