Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs tufted fleabane

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Erigeron caespitosus

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while tufted fleabane is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	tufted fleabane
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Scotonycteris	Erigeron
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Erigeron caespitosus

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

tufted fleabane

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	tufted fleabane
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

tufted fleabane

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and Norway.

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.