Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Slender Borage

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Borago pygmaea

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Slender Borage
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Boraginaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Borago
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Borago pygmaea

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Slender Borage

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Slender Borage

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.

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.