Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Orange Tooth

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Hydnellum aurantiacum

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Orange Tooth is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Orange Tooth
Kingdom	Animalia (動物)	Fungi (菌界)
Phylum	Chordata (脊索動物)	Basidiomycota (担子菌門)
Class	Mammalia (哺乳類)	Agaricomycetes (真正担子菌綱)
Order	Chiroptera (翼手目)	Thelephorales (イボタケ目)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Bankeraceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Hydnellum
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Hydnellum aurantiacum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Orange Tooth

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Orange Tooth

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, 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.