Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Crowngrass

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Paspalum pilosum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Crowngrass
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	Paspalum
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Paspalum pilosum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Crowngrass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Crowngrass

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, 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.