Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Lesser Bladderwort

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Utricularia minor

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Lesser Bladderwort is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Lesser Bladderwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Lentibulariaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Utricularia
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Utricularia minor

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Lesser Bladderwort

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Lesser Bladderwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lesser Bladderwort

Habitat

Inhabits boreal forests and taiga within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), and North America (Canada, United States). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.