Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Crowngrass

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Paspalum pilosum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Crowngrass
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	Paspalum
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Paspalum pilosum

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Crowngrass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Crowngrass

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, 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.