Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Nimblewill

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Muhlenbergia schreberi

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Nimblewill
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	Muhlenbergia
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Muhlenbergia schreberi

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Nimblewill

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Nimblewill

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Georgia, Japan), Europe (4 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.