Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Mat amaranth

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Amaranthus blitoides

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Mat amaranth
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	Amaranthus
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Amaranthus blitoides

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Mat amaranth

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mat amaranth

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Libya, Morocco, South Africa), Asia (8 countries), Europe (31 countries), and North America (Canada, 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.