Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Lesser calamint

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Clinopodium nepeta

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Lesser calamint
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	Clinopodium
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Clinopodium nepeta

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Lesser calamint

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lesser calamint

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Czech Republic, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

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.