Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Sickle senna

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Senna tora

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Sickle senna
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	Senna
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Senna tora

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Sickle senna

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sickle senna

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (10 countries), Europe (Denmark, Sweden), North America (El Salvador, Honduras, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (9 countries).

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.