Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs flax dodder

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Cuscuta epilinum

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while flax dodder is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	flax dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (동물)	Plantae (식물)
Phylum	Chordata (척삭동물)	Magnoliophyta (피자식물문)
Class	Mammalia (포유류)	Magnoliopsida (목련강)
Order	Chiroptera (박쥐)	Solanales (가지목)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Cuscuta
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Cuscuta epilinum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

flax dodder

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

flax dodder

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC)), Asia (5 countries), Europe (20 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.