Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Smooth Winterberry

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Ilex laevigata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Smooth Winterberry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Aquifoliales (Aquifoliales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Aquifoliaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Ilex
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Ilex laevigata

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Smooth Winterberry

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Smooth Winterberry
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Smooth Winterberry

Habitat

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

Range

Found in 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.