Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs sorrel

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Oxalis rosea

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	sorrel
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Oxalidales (Oxalidales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Oxalidaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Oxalis
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Oxalis rosea

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

sorrel

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

sorrel

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Asia (India) and Europe (5 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.