Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Woolly Foam

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Stereocaulon tomentosum

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Woolly Foam is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Woolly Foam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lecanorales (Lecanorales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Stereocaulaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Stereocaulon
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Stereocaulon tomentosum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Woolly Foam

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Woolly Foam
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Woolly Foam

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.