Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Spanish Ash

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Inga ingoides

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Spanish Ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Inga
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Inga ingoides

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Spanish Ash

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Spanish Ash

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Colombia.

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.