Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Smooth Stonewort

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Nitella flexilis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Smooth Stonewort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Charophyta (Charophyta)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Charophyceae (Charophyceae)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Charales (Charales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Characeae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Nitella
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Nitella flexilis

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Smooth Stonewort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Smooth Stonewort

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and 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.