Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Fingered Candlesnuff

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Xylaria digitata

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Fingered Candlesnuff is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Fingered Candlesnuff
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Sordariomycetes (Sordariomycetes)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Xylariales (Xylariales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Xylariaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Xylaria
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Xylaria digitata

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Fingered Candlesnuff

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Fingered Candlesnuff
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fingered Candlesnuff

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark and Norway.

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.