Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs False Puffball

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Reticularia lycoperdon

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while False Puffball is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	False Puffball
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Protozoa (protozoa)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mycetozoa
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Myxomycetes (Myxomycetes)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Cribrariales (Cribrariida)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Tubiferaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Reticularia
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Reticularia lycoperdon

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

False Puffball

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	False Puffball
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

False Puffball

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.