Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Quill Lichen

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Cladonia amaurocraea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Quill Lichen
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lecanorales (Lecanorales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Cladoniaceae
Genus	Chironax	Cladonia
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Cladonia amaurocraea

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Quill Lichen

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Quill Lichen
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Quill Lichen

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and 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.