Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs bogan-flea

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Calotis hispidula

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while bogan-flea is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	bogan-flea
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Scotonycteris	Calotis
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Calotis hispidula

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

bogan-flea

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	bogan-flea
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

bogan-flea

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, Sweden, and United Kingdom.

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.

bogan-flea

The bogan-flea (Calotis hispidula) is a species in the genus Calotis. Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, Sweden, and United Kingdom.