Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Pill Beetle

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Byrrhus pilula

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Pill Beetle
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Byrrhidae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Byrrhus
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Byrrhus pilula

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Pill Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Pill Beetle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pill Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, 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.