Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Fuzzy flatsedge

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Cyperus pilosus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Fuzzy flatsedge
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	Cyperus
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Cyperus pilosus

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Fuzzy flatsedge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Fuzzy flatsedge
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fuzzy flatsedge

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Fiji, Samoa, Singapore, Taiwan, and United States.

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.