Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Pale-winged Dog-like Bat

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Peropteryx pallidoptera

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Pale-winged Dog-like Bat is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Pale-winged Dog-like Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Tier)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordatiere)	Chordata (Chordatiere)
Class same	Mammalia (Säugetiere)	Mammalia (Säugetiere)
Order same	Chiroptera (Fledertiere)	Chiroptera (Fledertiere)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Emballonuridae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Peropteryx
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Peropteryx pallidoptera

Evolutionary Relationship

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat and Pale-winged Dog-like Bat share a common ancestor at the Order level: Chiroptera. (Fledertiere)

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Pale-winged Dog-like Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Pale-winged Dog-like Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pale-winged Dog-like Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

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.