Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Interrupted Brome

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Bromus interruptus

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Interrupted Brome is Extinct in the Wild.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Interrupted Brome
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Chironax	Bromus
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Bromus interruptus

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Interrupted Brome

EW — Extinct in the Wild

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Interrupted Brome
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Interrupted Brome

Habitat

Inhabits temperate broadleaf and mixed forests and temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in United Kingdom.

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.