Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Chacoan Peccary

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Catagonus wagneri

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Chacoan Peccary is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Chacoan Peccary
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Chiroptera (morcego)	Artiodactyla (Artiodátilos)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Tayassuidae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Catagonus
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Catagonus wagneri

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Chacoan Peccary

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chacoan Peccary

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.

Chacoan Peccary

The Chacoan Peccary (Catagonus wagneri) is a species in the genus Catagonus. It is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.