Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Crome Sphagnum

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Sphagnum squarrosum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Crome Sphagnum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Bryophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Sphagnopsida (Sphagnopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sphagnales (Sphagnales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Sphagnaceae
Genus	Chironax	Sphagnum
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Sphagnum squarrosum

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Crome Sphagnum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Crome Sphagnum

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.