Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Butternut Canker

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Ophiognomonia clavigignenti-juglandacearum

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Butternut Canker is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Butternut Canker
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Sordariomycetes (Sordariomycetes)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Diaporthales (Diaporthales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Gnomoniaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Ophiognomonia
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Ophiognomonia clavigignenti-juglandacearum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Butternut Canker

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Butternut Canker
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Butternut Canker

Habitat

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

Range

Found in 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.

Butternut Canker

The Butternut Canker (Ophiognomonia clavigignenti-juglandacearum) is a species in the genus Ophiognomonia. Native to North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.