Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Mossy Fern

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Elaphoglossum furcatum

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Mossy Fern is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Mossy Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Dryopteridaceae
Genus	Chironax	Elaphoglossum
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Elaphoglossum furcatum

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Mossy Fern

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Mossy Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mossy Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

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.