Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Cord-Root Sedge

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Carex chordorrhiza

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Cord-Root Sedge
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)	Cyperaceae
Genus	Chironax	Carex
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Carex chordorrhiza

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Cord-Root Sedge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Cord-Root Sedge
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cord-Root Sedge

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).

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.