Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs slender facelina

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Facelina auriculata

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while slender facelina is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	slender facelina
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Nudibranchia (Nudibranchia)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Facelinidae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Facelina
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Facelina auriculata

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

slender facelina

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

slender facelina

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.