Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Ridged Tooth

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Hydnellum scrobiculatum

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Ridged Tooth is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Ridged Tooth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Bankeraceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Hydnellum
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Hydnellum scrobiculatum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Ridged Tooth

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Ridged Tooth
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ridged Tooth

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (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.