Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Lemon grass

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Cymbopogon citratus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Lemon grass
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	Cymbopogon
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Cymbopogon citratus

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Lemon grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lemon grass

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (5 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea), and South America (10 countries).

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.