Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Trailing shrubverbena

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Lantana montevidensis

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Trailing shrubverbena is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Trailing shrubverbena
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)	Verbenaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Lantana
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Lantana montevidensis

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Trailing shrubverbena

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Trailing shrubverbena

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Eswatini, Seychelles), Asia (China, India, Taiwan), Europe (Portugal, Spain), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).

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.