Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Mediterranean Amaranth

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Amaranthus graecizans

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Mediterranean 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 graecizans

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Mediterranean Amaranth

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mediterranean Amaranth

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Burundi), Asia (6 countries), Europe (20 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands).

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.