Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Hollowed Truffle

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Tuber excavatum

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Hollowed Truffle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Hollowed Truffle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Pezizales (Pezizales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Tuberaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Tuber
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Tuber excavatum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Hollowed Truffle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Hollowed Truffle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hollowed Truffle

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark and Norway.

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.