Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Texas toadflax

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Nuttallanthus texanus

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Texas toadflax is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Texas toadflax
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	Nuttallanthus
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Nuttallanthus texanus

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Texas toadflax

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Texas toadflax
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Texas toadflax

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Colombia, Japan, 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.