Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Horsetail

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Equisetum laevigatum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Horsetail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Equisetales (Equisetales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Equisetaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Equisetum
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Equisetum laevigatum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Horsetail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Horsetail

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Canada 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.