Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Dry Rot

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Serpula lacrymans

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Dry Rot is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Dry Rot
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Annelida (Segmented Worms)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polychaeta (Polychaeta)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sabellida (Sabellida)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Serpulidae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Serpula
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Serpula lacrymans

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Dry Rot

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Dry Rot
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dry Rot

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (6 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.