Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Hooked Plait-moss

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Hypnum uncinulatum

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Hooked Plait-moss is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Hooked Plait-moss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Bryophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Hypnales (Hypnales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Hypnaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Hypnum
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Hypnum uncinulatum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Hooked Plait-moss

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Hooked Plait-moss
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hooked Plait-moss

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Portugal.

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.