Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Flat Wrack

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Fucus spiralis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Flat Wrack
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Chromista (Chromista)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Phaeophyceae (Phaeophyceae)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fucales (Fucales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fucaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Fucus
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Fucus spiralis

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Flat Wrack

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Flat Wrack
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Flat Wrack

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found across Africa (Morocco) and Europe (9 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.