Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs tickle grass

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Panicum trichoides

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	tickle grass
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	Panicum
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Panicum trichoides

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

tickle grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

tickle grass

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, Congo (DRC), Uganda, and Zimbabwe.

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.