Black-capped Fruit Bat vs felted leafy moss

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Rhizomnium pseudopunctatum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	felted leafy moss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Bryophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Bryales (Bryales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Mniaceae
Genus	Chironax	Rhizomnium
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Rhizomnium pseudopunctatum

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

felted leafy moss

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	felted leafy moss
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

felted leafy moss

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Taiwan, and United States.

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.