Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Shoebutton

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Ardisia elliptica

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Shoebutton
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Primulaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Ardisia
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Ardisia elliptica

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Shoebutton

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Shoebutton

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Mauritius, Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (Maldives, Taiwan), Europe (Norway), North America (8 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Samoa).

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.