Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Guildford Piercer

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Pammene agnotana

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Guildford Piercer is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Guildford Piercer
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Tortricidae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Pammene
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Pammene agnotana

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Guildford Piercer

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Guildford Piercer

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.