Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs bajagua

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Senna alata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	bajagua
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Senna
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Senna alata

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

bajagua

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

bajagua

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (26 countries), Asia (8 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (9 countries), and South America (Brazil, 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.