Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Spiny Jackal Berry

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Diospyros senensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Spiny Jackal Berry
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 senensis

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Spiny Jackal Berry

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Spiny Jackal Berry
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Spiny Jackal Berry

Habitat

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

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.