Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Leafy Brain

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Phaeotremella foliacea

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Leafy Brain is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Leafy Brain
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Tremellomycetes (Tremellomycetes)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Tremellales (Tremellales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Tremellaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Phaeotremella
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Phaeotremella foliacea

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Leafy Brain

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Leafy Brain
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Leafy Brain

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Taiwan, and United States.

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.