Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Silverfish

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Ctenolepisma longicaudatum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Silverfish
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Zygentoma (Zygentoma)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Lepismatidae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Ctenolepisma
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Ctenolepisma longicaudatum

Evolutionary Relationship

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat and Silverfish share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Silverfish

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Silverfish

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Cyprus, Taiwan), Europe (11 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.