Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Smooth Saw-Grass

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Cladium mariscoides

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Smooth Saw-Grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Cyperaceae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Cladium
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Cladium mariscoides

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Smooth Saw-Grass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	Smooth Saw-Grass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Smooth Saw-Grass

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.