Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Mollisia ramealis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Bergmans’s Fruit Bat
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Leotiomycetes (Leotiomycetes)
Order Chiroptera (Bats) Helotiales (Helotiales)
Family Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats) Mollisiaceae
Genus Scotonycteris Mollisia
Species Scotonycteris bergmansi Mollisia ramealis

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Bergmans’s Fruit Bat
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.

Mollisia ramealis is a small, grey to olive-grey disc fungus producing cup-shaped apothecia on dead herbaceous and woody plant material. It inhabits temperate forests and hedgerows across Europe, growing on dead twigs and stems. This saprotrophic ascomycete decomposes dead plant tissue in moist forest understory environments.

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