Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs wild safflower

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Carthamus oxyacanthus

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while wild safflower is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	wild safflower
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	Carthamus
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Carthamus oxyacanthus

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

wild safflower

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	wild safflower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

wild safflower

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, India, Pakistan, and Sweden.

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.