Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Cherry Slug Sawfly

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Caliroa cerasi

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Cherry Slug Sawfly is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Cherry Slug Sawfly
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Tenthredinidae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Caliroa
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Caliroa cerasi

Evolutionary Relationship

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat and Cherry Slug Sawfly share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Cherry Slug Sawfly

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Cherry Slug Sawfly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cherry Slug Sawfly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), 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.

Cherry Slug Sawfly

The Cherry Slug Sawfly (Caliroa cerasi) is a species in the genus Caliroa. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.