Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs three-angled thread moss

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Meesia triquetra

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while three-angled thread moss is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	three-angled thread moss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Bryophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Splachnales (Splachnales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Meesiaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Meesia
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Meesia triquetra

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

three-angled thread moss

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	three-angled thread moss
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

three-angled thread moss

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, 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.