Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs White garlic

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Allium neapolitanum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	White garlic
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Amaryllidaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Allium
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Allium neapolitanum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

White garlic

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

White garlic

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Israel), Europe (10 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.