Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Woolly Panicgrass

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Dichanthelium lanuginosum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Woolly Panicgrass
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	Dichanthelium
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Dichanthelium lanuginosum

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Woolly Panicgrass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Woolly Panicgrass

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

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.