Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Larch Knight

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Tricholoma psammopus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Larch Knight
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Tricholomataceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Tricholoma
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Tricholoma psammopus

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Larch Knight

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Larch Knight
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Larch Knight

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.

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.