Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Crescent Dart

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Agrotis trux

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Crescent Dart is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Crescent Dart
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Noctuidae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Agrotis
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Agrotis trux

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Crescent Dart

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Crescent Dart
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Crescent Dart

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Cabo Verde, and Portugal.

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.