Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Southern Bracket

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Ganoderma australe

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Southern Bracket is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Southern Bracket
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Polyporaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Ganoderma
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Ganoderma australe

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Southern Bracket

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Southern Bracket
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Southern Bracket

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Norway, Portugal, and Taiwan.

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.