Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Cape Pigweed

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Amaranthus capensis

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Cape Pigweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Cape Pigweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Tier)	Plantae (Pflanzen)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordatiere)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Säugetiere)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Fledertiere)	Caryophyllales (Nelkenartige)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Amaranthus
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Amaranthus capensis

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Cape Pigweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Cape Pigweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cape Pigweed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, Sweden, 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.

Cape Pigweed

The Cape Pigweed (Amaranthus capensis) is a species in the genus Amaranthus. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.