Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Dark Stonewort

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Nitella opaca

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Dark Stonewort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Charophyta (Charophyta)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Charophyceae (Charophyceae)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Charales (Charales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Characeae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Nitella
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Nitella opaca

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Dark Stonewort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Dark Stonewort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dark Stonewort

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, 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.