Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Violet Gray Bolete

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Tylopilus plumbeoviolaceus

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Violet Gray Bolete is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Violet Gray Bolete
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Boletales (Boletales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Boletaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Tylopilus
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Tylopilus plumbeoviolaceus

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Violet Gray Bolete

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Violet Gray Bolete
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Violet Gray Bolete

Habitat

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

Range

Found in 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.