Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Bitter Tooth

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Hydnellum scabrosum

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Bitter Tooth is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Bitter Tooth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Bankeraceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Hydnellum
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Hydnellum scabrosum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Bitter Tooth

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bitter Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.

Bitter Tooth

The Bitter Tooth (Hydnellum scabrosum) is a species in the genus Hydnellum. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.