Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Quince Rust

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Gymnosporangium clavipes

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Quince Rust is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Quince Rust
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pucciniomycetes (Pucciniomycetes)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Pucciniales (Pucciniales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Gymnosporangiaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Gymnosporangium
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Gymnosporangium clavipes

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Quince Rust

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Quince Rust
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Quince Rust

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Portugal, 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.