Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Crinan Ear

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Amphipoea crinanensis

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Crinan Ear is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Crinan Ear
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	Amphipoea
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Amphipoea crinanensis

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Crinan Ear

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Crinan Ear
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Crinan Ear

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.