Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Shining geranium

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Geranium lucidum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Shining geranium
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Geraniales (Geraniales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Geraniaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Geranium
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Geranium lucidum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Shining geranium

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Shining geranium
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Shining geranium

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (10 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).

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.