Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs lesser pocket moss

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Fissidens bryoides

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while lesser pocket moss is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	lesser pocket moss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Bryophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Dicranales (Dicranales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fissidentaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Fissidens
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Fissidens bryoides

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

lesser pocket moss

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	lesser pocket moss
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

lesser pocket moss

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.