Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Roundleaf geranium

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Geranium rotundifolium

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Roundleaf geranium is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Roundleaf geranium
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Geraniales (Geraniales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Geraniaceae
Genus	Chironax	Geranium
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Geranium rotundifolium

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Roundleaf geranium

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Roundleaf geranium
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Roundleaf geranium

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Europe (16 countries), North America (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.