Black-capped Fruit Bat vs French lavender

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Lavandula stoechas

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	French lavender
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Lamiaceae
Genus	Chironax	Lavandula
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Lavandula stoechas

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

French lavender

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

French lavender

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Belgium, Portugal, Sweden, 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.