Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs lesser slippery moss snail

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Cochlicopa lubricella

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while lesser slippery moss snail is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	lesser slippery moss snail
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Cochlicopidae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Cochlicopa
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Cochlicopa lubricella

Evolutionary Relationship

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat and lesser slippery moss snail share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

lesser slippery moss snail

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

lesser slippery moss snail

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Europe (9 countries), and North America (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.