Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Prostrate Feather-Moss

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Sematophyllum demissum

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Prostrate Feather-Moss is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Prostrate Feather-Moss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Bryophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Hypnales (Hypnales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Sematophyllaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Sematophyllum
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Sematophyllum demissum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Prostrate Feather-Moss

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Prostrate Feather-Moss
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prostrate Feather-Moss

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, Taiwan, and United States.

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.