Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Woad-leaved Ragwort

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Senecio glastifolius

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Woad-leaved Ragwort
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	Senecio
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Senecio glastifolius

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Woad-leaved Ragwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Woad-leaved Ragwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Woad-leaved Ragwort

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across France, New Zealand, Portugal, and United Kingdom.

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.