Black-capped Fruit Bat vs flat-leaved scalewort

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Radula complanata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	flat-leaved scalewort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Porellales (Porellales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Radulaceae
Genus	Chironax	Radula
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Radula complanata

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

flat-leaved scalewort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	flat-leaved scalewort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

flat-leaved scalewort

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (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.