Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs stink aster

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Dittrichia graveolens

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while stink aster is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	stink aster
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	Dittrichia
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Dittrichia graveolens

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

stink aster

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	stink aster
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

stink aster

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Europe (14 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.