Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Spanish-needles

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Bidens bipinnata

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Spanish-needles is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Spanish-needles
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	Bidens
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Bidens bipinnata

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Spanish-needles

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Spanish-needles
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Spanish-needles

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (19 countries), North America (Canada), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.