Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Khapra beetle

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Trogoderma granarium

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Khapra beetle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Khapra 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	Trogoderma
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Trogoderma granarium

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Khapra beetle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Khapra beetle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Khapra beetle

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (13 countries), Asia (10 countries), Europe (19 countries), and South America (Venezuela).

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.