Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Creeping Spikemoss

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Selaginella apoda

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Creeping Spikemoss is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Creeping Spikemoss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Lycopodiopsida (Lycopodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Selaginellales (Selaginellales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Selaginellaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Selaginella
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Selaginella apoda

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Creeping Spikemoss

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Creeping Spikemoss
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Creeping Spikemoss

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Chile, Germany, 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.