Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Suffocated clover

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Trifolium suffocatum

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Suffocated clover is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Suffocated clover
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Trifolium
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Trifolium suffocatum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Suffocated clover

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Suffocated clover
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Suffocated clover

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile).

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.