Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Redstem wormwood

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Artemisia scoparia

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Redstem wormwood is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Redstem wormwood
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Chironax	Artemisia
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Artemisia scoparia

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Redstem wormwood

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Redstem wormwood
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Redstem wormwood

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Israel, Tajikistan), Europe (16 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).

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.