Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Mountain Hemlock

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Tsuga mertensiana

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Mountain Hemlock is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Mountain Hemlock
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Coniferophyta (Conifers)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pinopsida (Conifers)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Pinales (Pines & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Pinaceae (Pine Family)
Genus	Scotonycteris	Tsuga
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Tsuga mertensiana

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Hemlock

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Mountain Hemlock
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mountain Hemlock

Habitat

Typically found in temperate and boreal forests, often at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Denmark, Iceland, 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.