Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Elastic grass

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Eragrostis tenuifolia

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Elastic 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	Eragrostis
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Eragrostis tenuifolia

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Elastic grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Elastic grass

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan, Timor-Leste), North America (Costa Rica, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Tonga), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

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.