Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Little quakinggrass

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Briza minor

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Little quakinggrass
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	Briza
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Briza minor

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Little quakinggrass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Little quakinggrass

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar, South Africa, Zimbabwe), Asia (6 countries), Europe (12 countries), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (6 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.