Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Cowbane Rust

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Puccinia cicutae

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Cowbane 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 cicutae

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Cowbane Rust

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cowbane Rust

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.