Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs creeping rush

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Juncus subtilis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	creeping rush
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)	Juncaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Juncus
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Juncus subtilis

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

creeping rush

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

creeping rush

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and Norway.

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.