Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Long Skimmer

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Orthetrum trinacria

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Long Skimmer
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Libellulidae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Orthetrum
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Orthetrum trinacria

Evolutionary Relationship

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat and Long Skimmer share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Long Skimmer

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Long Skimmer
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Long Skimmer

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

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.