Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Quill Lichen

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Cladonia amaurocraea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Quill Lichen
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lecanorales (Lecanorales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Cladoniaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Cladonia
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Cladonia amaurocraea

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Quill Lichen

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Quill Lichen
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Quill Lichen

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, 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.