Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Smallflower oxtongue

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Picris pauciflora

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Smallflower oxtongue is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Smallflower oxtongue
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	Picris
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Picris pauciflora

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Smallflower oxtongue

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Smallflower oxtongue
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Smallflower oxtongue

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Bulgaria 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.