Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Formosa lily

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Lilium formosanum

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Formosa lily is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Formosa lily
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Liliales (Liliales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Liliaceae
Genus	Chironax	Lilium
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Lilium formosanum

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Formosa lily

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Formosa lily
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Formosa lily

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Brazil).

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.