Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Timber Mazegill

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Gloeophyllum trabeum

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Timber Mazegill is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Timber Mazegill
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Gloeophyllales (Gloeophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Gloeophyllaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Gloeophyllum
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Gloeophyllum trabeum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Timber Mazegill

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Timber Mazegill
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Timber Mazegill

Habitat

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

Range

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

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.