Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Stinging Tree

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Dendrocnide peltata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Stinging Tree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Urticaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Dendrocnide
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Dendrocnide peltata

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Stinging Tree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Stinging Tree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Stinging Tree

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.