Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs slender mealybug

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Atrococcus cracens

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	slender mealybug
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Pseudococcidae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Atrococcus
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Atrococcus cracens

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

slender mealybug

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

slender mealybug

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

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.