Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Willow Cherry

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Prunus incana

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Willow Cherry is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Willow Cherry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Scotonycteris	Prunus (Cherries & Plums)
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Prunus incana

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Willow Cherry

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Willow Cherry
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Willow Cherry

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.