Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Onion Earthball

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Scleroderma cepa

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Onion Earthball is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Onion Earthball
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Boletales (Boletales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Sclerodermataceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Scleroderma
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Scleroderma cepa

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Onion Earthball

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Onion Earthball
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Onion Earthball

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

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

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.