Black-capped Fruit Bat vs lemon thyme

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Thymus citriodorus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	lemon thyme
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)	Lamiaceae
Genus	Chironax	Thymus
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Thymus citriodorus

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

lemon thyme

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

lemon thyme

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries).

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.