Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Dallisgrass

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Paspalum dilatatum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Dallisgrass
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 dilatatum

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Dallisgrass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dallisgrass

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (14 countries), Europe (17 countries), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (5 countries).

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.