Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Stinkgrass

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Eragrostis cilianensis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Stinkgrass
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	Eragrostis
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Eragrostis cilianensis

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Stinkgrass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Stinkgrass

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Madagascar), Asia (Georgia, Taiwan, Timor-Leste), Europe (19 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Papua New Guinea), and South America (5 countries).

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.