Black-capped Fruit Bat vs forked veilwort

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Metzgeria furcata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	forked veilwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Metzgeriales (Metzgeriales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Metzgeriaceae
Genus	Chironax	Metzgeria
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Metzgeria furcata

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

forked veilwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	forked veilwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

forked veilwort

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, 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.