Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Hungarian Mullein

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Verbascum speciosum

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Hungarian Mullein is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Hungarian Mullein
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)	Scrophulariaceae
Genus	Chironax	Verbascum
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Verbascum speciosum

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Hungarian Mullein

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Hungarian Mullein
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hungarian Mullein

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (7 countries) and North America (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.