Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Sudangrass

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Sorghum drummondii

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Sudangrass
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	Sorghum
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Sorghum drummondii

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Sudangrass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sudangrass

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Chad, Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe), Asia (Turkey), Europe (France, Greece, Norway), North America (Mexico, United States), and South America (Bolivia).

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.