Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Slippery Jack

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Suillus luteus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Slippery Jack
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Boletales (Boletales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Suillaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Suillus
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Suillus luteus

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Slippery Jack

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Slippery Jack

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil, Chile).

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.