Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Thatch Palm

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Coccothrinax inaguensis

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Thatch Palm is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Thatch Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Arecaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Coccothrinax
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Coccothrinax inaguensis

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Thatch Palm

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Thatch Palm

Habitat

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

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.