Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs White Padouk

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Pterocarpus mildbraedii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	White Padouk
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	Pterocarpus
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Pterocarpus mildbraedii

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

White Padouk

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

White Padouk

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Guinea.

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.