Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Small Nightshade

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Solanum triflorum

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Small Nightshade is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Small Nightshade
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Solanaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Solanum
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Solanum triflorum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Small Nightshade

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Small Nightshade
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Small Nightshade

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (China, Japan), Europe (18 countries), North America (Canada), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.