Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Rescuegrass

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Bromus catharticus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Rescuegrass
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	Bromus
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Bromus catharticus

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Rescuegrass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Rescuegrass

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (22 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Chile, Colombia).

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.