Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Vogel tephrosia

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Tephrosia vogelii

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Vogel tephrosia
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Tephrosia
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Tephrosia vogelii

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Vogel tephrosia

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Vogel tephrosia

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (India, Taiwan, Timor-Leste), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), 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.