Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Spring Sandwort

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Sabulina verna

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Spring Sandwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Caryophyllaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Sabulina
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Sabulina verna

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Spring Sandwort

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Spring Sandwort

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

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.