Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Hide Beetle

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Dermestes maculatus

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Hide Beetle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Hide Beetle
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Dermestidae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Dermestes
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Dermestes maculatus

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Hide Beetle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Hide Beetle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hide Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Taiwan), Europe (15 countries), North America (Canada), and South America (Colombia).

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.