Black-capped Fruit Bat vs iron-grass

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Spermacoce confusa

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while iron-grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	iron-grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Rubiaceae
Genus	Chironax	Spermacoce
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Spermacoce confusa

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

iron-grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	iron-grass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

iron-grass

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Timor-Leste.

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.