Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Duckweed

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Lemna aequinoctialis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Duckweed
Kingdom	Animalia (동물)	Plantae (식물)
Phylum	Chordata (척삭동물)	Magnoliophyta (피자식물문)
Class	Mammalia (포유류)	Liliopsida (백합강)
Order	Chiroptera (박쥐)	Alismatales (택사목)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Araceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Lemna
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Lemna aequinoctialis

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Duckweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Duckweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Chad, Guinea), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (9 countries), North America (Cuba, United States), 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.