Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs southern elder

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Sambucus australis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	southern elder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Dipsacales (Dipsacales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Viburnaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Sambucus
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Sambucus australis

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

southern elder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

southern elder

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Brazil.

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.