Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Crab Grass

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Digitaria siderograpta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Crab Grass
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	Chironax	Digitaria
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Digitaria siderograpta

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Crab Grass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Crab Grass

Habitat

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

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.