Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Yellow ginger

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Hedychium flavescens

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Yellow ginger is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Yellow ginger
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Zingiberaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Hedychium
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Hedychium flavescens

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Yellow ginger

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Yellow ginger
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Yellow ginger

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (Vietnam), Europe (Portugal), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil).

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.