Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Notched Rustwort

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Marsupella emarginata

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Notched Rustwort is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Notched Rustwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Jungermanniales (Jungermanniales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Gymnomitriaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Marsupella
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Marsupella emarginata

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Notched Rustwort

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Notched Rustwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Notched Rustwort

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Colombia).

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.