Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Red brome

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Bromus rubens

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Red brome is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Red brome
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Chironax	Bromus
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Bromus rubens

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Red brome

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Red brome
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red brome

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Egypt, Namibia), Asia (Japan), Europe (10 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.