Black-capped Fruit Bat vs French flax

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Linum trigynum

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while French flax is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	French flax
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Linaceae
Genus	Chironax	Linum
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Linum trigynum

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

French flax

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

French flax

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, Romania, 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.