Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Chickenweed

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Portulaca quadrifida

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Chickenweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Chickenweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Portulacaceae
Genus	Chironax	Portulaca
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Portulaca quadrifida

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Chickenweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Chickenweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chickenweed

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (4 countries), North America (Cuba), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands).

Black-capped Fruit Bat

The Black-capped Fruit Bat (Chironax melanocephalus) is a species in the genus Chironax. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chickenweed

The Chickenweed (Portulaca quadrifida) is a species in the genus Portulaca. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.