Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Death Cap

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Amanita phalloides

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Death Cap
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Agaricaceae (Agarics)
Genus	Scotonycteris	Amanita (Amanitas)
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Amanita phalloides

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Death Cap

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Death Cap
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Death Cap

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Chile).

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.