Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Purple Mullein

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Verbascum phoeniceum

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Purple Mullein is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Purple Mullein
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Scrophulariaceae
Genus	Chironax	Verbascum
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Verbascum phoeniceum

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Purple Mullein

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Purple Mullein
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Purple Mullein

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (10 countries), and North America (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.