Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Manatee Grass

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Syringodium filiforme

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Manatee Grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Cymodoceaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Syringodium
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Syringodium filiforme

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Manatee Grass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Manatee Grass

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Cuba.

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.