Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Red-tailed Mason Bee

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Osmia bicolor

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Red-tailed Mason Bee
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Megachilidae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Osmia
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Osmia bicolor

Evolutionary Relationship

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat and Red-tailed Mason Bee share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Red-tailed Mason Bee

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Red-tailed Mason Bee
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red-tailed Mason Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

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.