Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Shingle Flatsedge

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Cyperus imbricatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Shingle Flatsedge
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	Cyperus
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Cyperus imbricatus

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Shingle Flatsedge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Shingle Flatsedge

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (Israel, Singapore), Europe (4 countries), North America (Haiti, Jamaica), and South America (Brazil, 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.