Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Wayside Pepperwort

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Lepidium bipinnatifidum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Wayside Pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Brassicales (Brassicales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Brassicaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Lepidium
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Lepidium bipinnatifidum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Wayside Pepperwort

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wayside Pepperwort

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Mexico.

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.