Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Northern Dropseed

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Sporobolus heterolepis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Northern Dropseed
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	Sporobolus
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Sporobolus heterolepis

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Northern Dropseed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Northern Dropseed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and 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.