Bergmans’s Fruit Bat
Scotonycteris bergmansi Hassanin, Khouider, Gembu Tungaluna, Goodman, Kadjo, Nesi, Pourrut, Nakouné & Bonillo, 2015
Also calledBergmans-Harlekinflughund (deu) · Scotonyctere de Bergmans (fra) · Scotonyctère de Bergmans (fra)
First described in: Hassanin, Alexandre, Souraya Khouider, Guy-Crispin Gembu Tungaluna, Steven M. Goodman, Blaise Kadjo, Nicolas Nesi, Xavier Pourrut, Emmanuel Nakouné & Celine Bonillo. 2015. The comparative phylogeography of fruit bats of the tribe Scotonycterini (Chiroptera, Pteropodidae) reveals cryptic species diversity related to African Pleistocene forest refugia. Comptes Rendus Biologies 338: 197–211.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
biology_ecology
Habitat. Degraded rainforests in low mountains and heavily disturbed low-elevation forests dominated by Hawmania liebrechtsiana (Marantaceae) in understory at elevations of 308 - 1100 m.
Pteropodidae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. Movements and dispersal of Bergmans’s Fruit Bats appear limited by large rivers (e. g. Congo River).
Pteropodidae
breeding
Breeding. A pregnant Bergmans’s Fruit Bat was collected in June in north-eastern DR Congo.
Pteropodidae
conservation
Status and Conservation. Not assessed on The IUCN Red List. Bergmans’s Fruit Bat was included in Zenker’s Fruit Bat (S. zenkeri), which was classified as Least Concern.
Pteropodidae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 9063965.