Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Chinchilla Costina

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Chinchilla lanigera

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Chinchilla Costina
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Chinchillidae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Chinchilla
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Chinchilla lanigera

Evolutionary Relationship

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat and Chinchilla Costina share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mamíferos)

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Chinchilla Costina

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chinchilla Costina

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Denmark, 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.