Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Florida Keys nut-rush

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Scleria lithosperma

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Florida Keys nut-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)	Cyperaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Scleria
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Scleria lithosperma

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Florida Keys nut-rush

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Florida Keys nut-rush
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Florida Keys nut-rush

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Cuba, and Taiwan.

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.