Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Drummond's phlox

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Phlox drummondii

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Drummond's phlox is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Drummond's phlox
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Polemoniaceae
Genus	Chironax	Phlox
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Phlox drummondii

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Drummond's phlox

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Drummond's phlox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Drummond's phlox

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC)), Asia (India, Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), North America (Canada), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.