Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Great Crestwort

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Lophocolea bispinosa

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Great Crestwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Jungermanniales (Jungermanniales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Lophocoleaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Lophocolea
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Lophocolea bispinosa

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Great Crestwort

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Great Crestwort

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found across Europe (6 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.