Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs White Broom

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Cytisus multiflorus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	White Broom
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	Cytisus
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Cytisus multiflorus

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

White Broom

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

White Broom

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar), Asia (India), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand).

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.