Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Lesser Germanderwort

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Riccardia incurvata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Lesser Germanderwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Metzgeriales (Metzgeriales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Aneuraceae
Genus	Chironax	Riccardia
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Riccardia incurvata

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Lesser Germanderwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lesser Germanderwort

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden.

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.