Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Lesser Scalewort

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Frullania microphylla

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Lesser Scalewort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Porellales (Porellales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Frullaniaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Frullania
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Frullania microphylla

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Lesser Scalewort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lesser Scalewort

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Portugal.

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.