Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Mountain Sedge

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Carex montana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Mountain 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 montana

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Sedge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mountain Sedge

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (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.