Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Crested Oval Sedge

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Carex cristatella

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Crested Oval Sedge is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Crested Oval Sedge
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)	Cyperaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Carex
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Carex cristatella

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Crested Oval Sedge

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Crested Oval Sedge
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Crested Oval Sedge

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada 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.