Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs Black Bent

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Agrostis gigantea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Bergmans’s Fruit Bat Black Bent
Kingdom Animalia (動物) Plantae (植物)
Phylum Chordata (脊索動物) Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)
Class Mammalia (哺乳類) Liliopsida (単子葉植物綱)
Order Chiroptera (翼手目) Poales (イネ目)
Family Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats) Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus Scotonycteris Agrostis
Species Scotonycteris bergmansi Agrostis gigantea

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Black Bent

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Bergmans’s Fruit Bat Black Bent
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Black Bent

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (11 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), 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.

Black Bent

The Black Bent (Agrostis gigantea) is a species in the genus Agrostis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

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