Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs water-apple

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Syzygium aqueum

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while water-apple is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	water-apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Myrtaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Syzygium
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Syzygium aqueum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

water-apple

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	water-apple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

water-apple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Maldives, and Taiwan.

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.