Black-capped Fruit Bat vs intermediate oak fern

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Gymnocarpium intermedium

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while intermediate oak fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	intermediate oak fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Cystopteridaceae
Genus	Chironax	Gymnocarpium
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Gymnocarpium intermedium

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

intermediate oak fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	intermediate oak fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

intermediate oak fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Canada and Norway.

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.