Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Crested goosefoot

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Dysphania cristata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Crested goosefoot
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)	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Chironax	Dysphania
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Dysphania cristata

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Crested goosefoot

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Crested goosefoot

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Sweden, and 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.