Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Fringed dodder

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Cuscuta suaveolens

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Fringed dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (животные)	Plantae (растения)
Phylum	Chordata (хордовые)	Magnoliophyta (магнолиофиты)
Class	Mammalia (млекопитающие)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (рукокрылые)	Solanales (паслёноцветные)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Cuscuta
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Cuscuta suaveolens

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Fringed dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fringed dodder

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Lesotho, South Africa, Zimbabwe), Europe (17 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.