Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs tree cotton

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Gossypium arboreum

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while tree cotton is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	tree cotton
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Malvaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Gossypium
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Gossypium arboreum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

tree cotton

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

tree cotton

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Chad, Libya), Asia (Taiwan, Timor-Leste), Europe (Spain), and South America (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.