Ashy Furrow Bee vs Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Lasioglossum sexnotatum compared with Scotonycteris bergmansi

Key Differences

• Ashy Furrow Bee is Extinct while Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ashy Furrow Bee	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Halictidae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Lasioglossum	Scotonycteris
Species	Lasioglossum sexnotatum	Scotonycteris bergmansi

Evolutionary Relationship

Ashy Furrow Bee and Bergmans’s Fruit Bat share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Ashy Furrow Bee

EX — Extinct

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ashy Furrow Bee	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ashy Furrow Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, and Luxembourg.

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ashy Furrow Bee

Ashy furrow bee (Lasioglossum sexnotatum) is a species in the genus Lasioglossum. It is classified as Extinct by the IUCN. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

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.