Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Small Red Damsel

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Ceriagrion tenellum

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Small Red Damsel is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Small Red Damsel
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Coenagrionidae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Ceriagrion
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Ceriagrion tenellum

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Small Red Damsel

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Small Red Damsel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Small Red Damsel

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in Belgium. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.