Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Tropical dock

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Rumex obovatus

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Tropical dock is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Tropical dock
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Polygonaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Rumex
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Rumex obovatus

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Tropical dock

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Tropical dock
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tropical dock

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (9 countries) and North America (United States).

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.