Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Winter Polypore

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Lentinus brumalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Winter Polypore
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	Lentinus
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Lentinus brumalis

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Winter Polypore

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Winter Polypore
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Winter Polypore

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Denmark, 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.