Black-capped Fruit Bat vs rusty foxglove

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Digitalis ferruginea

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while rusty foxglove is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	rusty foxglove
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)	Plantaginaceae
Genus	Chironax	Digitalis
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Digitalis ferruginea

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

rusty foxglove

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	rusty foxglove
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

rusty foxglove

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Austria, Belgium, and Poland.

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.