Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs felted leafy moss

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Rhizomnium pseudopunctatum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	felted leafy moss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Bryophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Bryales (Bryales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Mniaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Rhizomnium
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Rhizomnium pseudopunctatum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

felted leafy moss

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	felted leafy moss
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

felted leafy moss

Habitat

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

Range

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

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.