Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Grey Mould

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Botrytis cinerea

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Grey Mould
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)	Sclerotiniaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Botrytis
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Botrytis cinerea

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Grey Mould

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Grey Mould

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, and Taiwan.

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.