Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Wax tree

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Toxicodendron succedaneum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Wax tree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Anacardiaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Toxicodendron
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Toxicodendron succedaneum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Wax tree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wax tree

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Brazil, Cuba, New Zealand, and South Africa.

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.