Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Fire ant

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Solenopsis geminata

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Fire ant is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Fire ant
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)	Formicidae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Solenopsis
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Solenopsis geminata

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Fire ant

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Fire ant
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fire ant

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Liberia, Mauritius), Asia (10 countries), Europe (Denmark, Spain, Sweden), North America (9 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (4 countries).

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.