Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Black-Staining Polypore

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Meripilus sumstinei

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Black-Staining Polypore is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Black-Staining Polypore
Kingdom	Animalia (hayvan)	Fungi (mantar)
Phylum	Chordata (Kordalılar)	Basidiomycota (Bazitli mantarlar)
Class	Mammalia (memeliler)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (yarasa)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Meripilaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Meripilus
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Meripilus sumstinei

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Black-Staining Polypore

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Black-Staining Polypore
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Black-Staining Polypore

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway 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.

Black-Staining Polypore

The Black-Staining Polypore (Meripilus sumstinei) is a species in the genus Meripilus. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.