Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Fly

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Drosophila simulans

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Fly
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Drosophilidae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Drosophila
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Drosophila simulans

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Fly

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (5 countries), North America (Costa Rica, United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.