Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Recurved Peatmoss

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Sphagnum recurvum

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Recurved Peatmoss is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Recurved Peatmoss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Bryophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Sphagnopsida (Sphagnopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sphagnales (Sphagnales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Sphagnaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Sphagnum
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Sphagnum recurvum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Recurved Peatmoss

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Recurved Peatmoss
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Recurved Peatmoss

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, 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.