Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Leaden-bracted Dandelion

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Taraxacum piceatum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Leaden-bracted Dandelion
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Scotonycteris	Taraxacum
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Taraxacum piceatum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Leaden-bracted Dandelion

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Leaden-bracted Dandelion
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Leaden-bracted Dandelion

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, 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.