Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Shore Aster

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Symphyotrichum tradescantii

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Shore Aster
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Scotonycteris	Symphyotrichum
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Symphyotrichum tradescantii

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Shore Aster

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Shore Aster

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (6 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.