Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Golden Dock

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Rumex persicarioides

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Golden Dock is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Golden Dock
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Polygonaceae
Genus	Chironax	Rumex
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Rumex persicarioides

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Golden Dock

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Golden Dock
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Golden Dock

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada 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.