Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Vanilla

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Vanilla planifolia

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Vanilla
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Orchidaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Vanilla
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Vanilla planifolia

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Vanilla

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Vanilla

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Fiji, Micronesia, Palau), and South America (Brazil, 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.