Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Brown dot leafy spurge flea beetle

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Aphthona cyparissiae

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Brown dot leafy spurge flea beetle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Brown dot leafy spurge flea beetle
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Chrysomelidae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Aphthona
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Aphthona cyparissiae

Evolutionary Relationship

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat and Brown dot leafy spurge flea beetle share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Brown dot leafy spurge flea beetle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Brown dot leafy spurge flea beetle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Brown dot leafy spurge flea beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Norway, Sweden, 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.

Brown dot leafy spurge flea beetle

The Brown Dot Leafy Spurge Flea Beetle (Aphthona cyparissiae) is a species in the genus Aphthona. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats. Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Norway, Sweden, and United States.