Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Disc Mayweed

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Matricaria discoidea

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Disc Mayweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Chironax	Matricaria
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Matricaria discoidea

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Disc Mayweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Disc Mayweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (5 countries), Europe (33 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Chile).

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.