Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Fowl Bluegrass

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Poa palustris

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Fowl Bluegrass
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	Poa
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Poa palustris

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Fowl Bluegrass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fowl Bluegrass

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (10 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Chile).

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.