Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Flachsseide

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Cuscuta epilinum

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Flachsseide is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Flachsseide
Kingdom	Animalia (Tier)	Plantae (Pflanzen)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordatiere)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Säugetiere)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Fledertiere)	Solanales (Nachtschattenartige)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Cuscuta
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Cuscuta epilinum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Flachsseide

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Flachsseide

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC)), Asia (5 countries), Europe (20 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.