Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Yellow Beard Truffle

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Rhizopogon ochraceorubens

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Yellow Beard Truffle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Yellow Beard Truffle
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)	Rhizopogonaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Rhizopogon
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Rhizopogon ochraceorubens

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Yellow Beard Truffle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Yellow Beard Truffle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Yellow Beard Truffle

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

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.