Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Wild Oil Nut

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Jatropha divaricata

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Wild Oil Nut is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Wild Oil Nut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Euphorbiaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Jatropha
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Jatropha divaricata

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Wild Oil Nut

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Wild Oil Nut
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wild Oil Nut

Habitat

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

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.