Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Tahitian-spinach

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Xanthosoma brasiliense

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Tahitian-spinach is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Tahitian-spinach
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Araceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Xanthosoma
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Xanthosoma brasiliense

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Tahitian-spinach

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Tahitian-spinach
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tahitian-spinach

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Found in Colombia.

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.