Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Fringed Cup

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Encoelia fimbriata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Fringed Cup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Leotiomycetes (Leotiomycetes)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Helotiales (Helotiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Cenangiaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Encoelia
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Encoelia fimbriata

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Fringed Cup

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fringed Cup

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.