Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Rose Rust

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Phragmidium mucronatum

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Rose Rust is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Rose Rust
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pucciniomycetes (Pucciniomycetes)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Pucciniales (Pucciniales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Phragmidiaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Phragmidium
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Phragmidium mucronatum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Rose Rust

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Rose Rust
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Rose Rust

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.