Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs yellow broomrape

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Orobanche lutea

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while yellow broomrape is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	yellow broomrape
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Orobanchaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Orobanche
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Orobanche lutea

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

yellow broomrape

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	yellow broomrape
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

yellow broomrape

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.