Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Minute duckweed

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Lemna minuta

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Minute duckweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Minute duckweed
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)	Araceae
Genus	Chironax	Lemna
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Lemna minuta

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Minute duckweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Minute duckweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Minute duckweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (22 countries), North America (Canada), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.