Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Root Rot

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Heterobasidion annosum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Root Rot
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Russulales (Russulales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Bondarzewiaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Heterobasidion
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Heterobasidion annosum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Root Rot

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Root Rot
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Root Rot

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Norway, and Portugal.

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.