Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs field forklet moss

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Dicranella staphylina

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	field forklet moss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Bryophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Dicranales (Dicranales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Dicranellaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Dicranella
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Dicranella staphylina

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

field forklet moss

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	field forklet moss
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

field forklet moss

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

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.