Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Khakiweed

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Alternanthera pungens

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Khakiweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Chironax	Alternanthera
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Alternanthera pungens

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Khakiweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Khakiweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (15 countries), Asia (9 countries), Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Papua New Guinea), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.