Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Downy Safflower

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Carthamus lanatus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Downy Safflower
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	Carthamus
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Carthamus lanatus

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Downy Safflower

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Downy Safflower

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (15 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, 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.