Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Grey Falsebolete

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Boletopsis grisea

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Grey Falsebolete is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Grey Falsebolete
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Bankeraceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Boletopsis
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Boletopsis grisea

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Grey Falsebolete

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Grey Falsebolete

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.