Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Small Persimmon

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Diospyros vaccinioides

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Small Persimmon is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Small Persimmon
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Ebenaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Diospyros
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Diospyros vaccinioides

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Small Persimmon

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Small Persimmon

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Taiwan. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.