Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Sun Palm

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Dioon holmgrenii

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Sun Palm is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Sun Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Cycadopsida (Cycadopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Cycadales (Cycadales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Zamiaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Dioon
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Dioon holmgrenii

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Sun Palm

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Sun Palm
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sun Palm

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.