Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs thyme broomrape

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Orobanche alba

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while thyme broomrape is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	thyme broomrape
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Orobanchaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Orobanche
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Orobanche alba

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

thyme broomrape

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

thyme broomrape

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.