Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Dingy Dowd

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Blastobasis adustella

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Dingy Dowd is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Dingy Dowd
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)	Blastobasidae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Blastobasis
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Blastobasis adustella

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Dingy Dowd

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Dingy Dowd
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dingy Dowd

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries).

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.