Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Tree Protea

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Protea nitida

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Tree Protea
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Proteales (Proteales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Proteaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Protea
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Protea nitida

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Tree Protea

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tree Protea

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.