Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Lygaeid bug

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Nysius thymi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Lygaeid bug
Kingdom same	Animalia (Tier)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordatiere)	Arthropoda (Gliederfüßer)
Class	Mammalia (Säugetiere)	Insecta (Insekten)
Order	Chiroptera (Fledertiere)	Hemiptera (Schnabelkerfe)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Lygaeidae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Nysius
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Nysius thymi

Evolutionary Relationship

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat and Lygaeid bug share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Tier)

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Lygaeid bug

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lygaeid bug

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Denmark, Norway, 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.