Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs White Flatweed

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Hypochaeris microcephala

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	White Flatweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Scotonycteris	Hypochaeris
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Hypochaeris microcephala

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

White Flatweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

White Flatweed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, United Kingdom, and United States.

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.