Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Snow Rustwort

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Gymnomitrion brevissimum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Snow Rustwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Jungermanniales (Jungermanniales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Gymnomitriaceae
Genus	Chironax	Gymnomitrion
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Gymnomitrion brevissimum

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Snow Rustwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Snow Rustwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Snow Rustwort

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

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.