Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Mottled Scouring-Rush

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Equisetum variegatum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Mottled Scouring-Rush
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 variegatum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Mottled Scouring-Rush

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Mottled Scouring-Rush
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mottled Scouring-Rush

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (7 countries) and North America (Canada, 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.