Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Damascus Catchfly

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Silene damascena

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Damascus Catchfly
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)	Caryophyllaceae
Genus	Chironax	Silene
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Silene damascena

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Damascus Catchfly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Damascus Catchfly

Habitat

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

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.