Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Chinaroot

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Dioscorea villosa

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Chinaroot
Kingdom	Animalia (hayvan)	Plantae (bitki)
Phylum	Chordata (Kordalılar)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (memeliler)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (yarasa)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Dioscorea
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Dioscorea villosa

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Chinaroot

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chinaroot

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

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.

Chinaroot

The Chinaroot (Dioscorea villosa) is a species in the genus Dioscorea. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.