Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Green Dot Lichen

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Micarea prasina

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Green Dot Lichen
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lecanorales (Lecanorales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Byssolomataceae
Genus	Chironax	Micarea
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Micarea prasina

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Green Dot Lichen

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Green Dot Lichen
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Green Dot Lichen

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, 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.