Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs False Oat-Grass Smut

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Urocystis avenae-elatioris

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while False Oat-Grass Smut is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	False Oat-Grass Smut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Urocystidales (Urocystidales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Urocystidaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Urocystis
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Urocystis avenae-elatioris

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

False Oat-Grass Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	False Oat-Grass Smut
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

False Oat-Grass Smut

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.