Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Flax Flea Beetle

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Longitarsus parvulus

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Flax Flea Beetle is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Flax Flea Beetle
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Chrysomelidae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Longitarsus
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Longitarsus parvulus

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Flax Flea Beetle

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Flax Flea Beetle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Flax Flea Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, 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.