Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs sand muhly

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Muhlenbergia arenicola

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	sand muhly
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 arenicola

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

sand muhly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

sand muhly

Habitat

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

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.