Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Large Fox Sedge

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Carex annectens

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Large Fox Sedge is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Large Fox Sedge
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	Carex
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Carex annectens

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Large Fox Sedge

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Large Fox Sedge
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Large Fox Sedge

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Japan, 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.