Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Shore Dock

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Rumex rupestris

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Shore Dock is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Shore Dock
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)	Polygonaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Rumex
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Rumex rupestris

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Shore Dock

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Shore Dock

Habitat

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

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.