Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Short Pipe-Wort

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Eriocaulon truncatum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Short Pipe-Wort
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)	Eriocaulaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Eriocaulon
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Eriocaulon truncatum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Short Pipe-Wort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Short Pipe-Wort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Short Pipe-Wort

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Singapore, and Taiwan.

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.