Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs cotton grass

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Digitaria brownii

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while cotton grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	cotton grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Scotonycteris	Digitaria
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Digitaria brownii

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

cotton grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

cotton grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.

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.