Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Red Gyroporus

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Gyroporus purpurinus

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Red Gyroporus is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Red Gyroporus
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Boletales (Boletales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Gyroporaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Gyroporus
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Gyroporus purpurinus

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Red Gyroporus

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Red Gyroporus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red Gyroporus

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Found in 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.