Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs spring groundsel

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Senecio vernalis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	spring groundsel
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Scotonycteris	Senecio
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Senecio vernalis

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

spring groundsel

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

spring groundsel

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Uzbekistan), Europe (22 countries), and South America (Ecuador).

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.