Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Elm leafminer

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Fenusa ulmi

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Elm leafminer is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Elm leafminer
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Tenthredinidae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Fenusa
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Fenusa ulmi

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Elm leafminer

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Elm leafminer
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Elm leafminer

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States. 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.