Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Bloody Beard

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Usnea mutabilis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Bloody Beard
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lecanorales (Lecanorales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Parmeliaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Usnea
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Usnea mutabilis

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Bloody Beard

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bloody Beard

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway 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.

Bloody Beard

The Bloody Beard (Usnea mutabilis) is a species in the genus Usnea. Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.