Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Shrub lespedeza

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Lespedeza bicolor

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Shrub lespedeza
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Lespedeza
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Lespedeza bicolor

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Shrub lespedeza

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Shrub lespedeza

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Georgia, India, Taiwan, and 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.