Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Box Rust

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Puccinia buxi

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Box Rust is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Box Rust
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pucciniomycetes (Pucciniomycetes)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Pucciniales (Pucciniales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Pucciniaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Puccinia
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Puccinia buxi

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Box Rust

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Box Rust
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Box Rust

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Germany, Norway, and Portugal.

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.

Box Rust

The Box rust (Puccinia buxi) is a species in the genus Puccinia. Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region. It is found in Belgium, Germany, Norway and Portugal.