Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Taypau

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Homalium taypau

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Taypau
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Salicaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Homalium
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Homalium taypau

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Taypau

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Taypau

Habitat

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

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.