Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Year Bean

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Phaseolus dumosus

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Year Bean is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Year Bean
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	Phaseolus
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Phaseolus dumosus

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Year Bean

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Year Bean
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Year Bean

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Colombia.

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.