Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Violet Smut

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Urocystis violae

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Violet Smut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Urocystidales (Urocystidales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Urocystidaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Urocystis
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Urocystis violae

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Violet Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Violet Smut

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Denmark.

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.