Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Branched Moonwort

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Botrychium matricariifolium

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Branched Moonwort is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Branched Moonwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Ophioglossaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Botrychium
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Botrychium matricariifolium

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Branched Moonwort

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Branched Moonwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Branched Moonwort

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (Canada, 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.

Branched Moonwort

The Branched moonwort (Botrychium matricariifolium) is a species in the genus Botrychium. It is currently classified as Extinct on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.