Black-capped Fruit Bat vs midwestern arrowhead

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Sagittaria brevirostra

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	midwestern arrowhead
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Alismataceae
Genus	Chironax	Sagittaria
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Sagittaria brevirostra

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

midwestern arrowhead

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	midwestern arrowhead
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

midwestern arrowhead

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Australia and Canada.

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.