Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Thick ditch crowngrass

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Paspalum arundinaceum

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Thick ditch crowngrass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Thick ditch crowngrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Chironax	Paspalum
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Paspalum arundinaceum

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Thick ditch crowngrass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Thick ditch crowngrass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Thick ditch crowngrass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, 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.