Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Great Crestwort

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Lophocolea bispinosa

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Great Crestwort is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Great Crestwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Jungermanniales (Jungermanniales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Lophocoleaceae
Genus	Chironax	Lophocolea
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Lophocolea bispinosa

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Great Crestwort

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Great Crestwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Great Crestwort

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries).

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.