Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Strawberry tree

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Arbutus unedo

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Strawberry tree
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)	Ericaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Arbutus
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Arbutus unedo

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Strawberry tree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Strawberry tree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Strawberry tree

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Libya), Europe (6 countries), North America (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.