Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Fingered Rush

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Juncus subsecundus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Fingered 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 subsecundus

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Fingered Rush

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fingered Rush

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.

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.