Black-capped Fruit Bat vs flax darnel

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Lolium remotum

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while flax darnel is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	flax darnel
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Chironax	Lolium
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Lolium remotum

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

flax darnel

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	flax darnel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

flax darnel

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (China, Japan), Europe (22 countries), North America (Canada), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.