Black-capped Fruit Bat vs tufted fleabane

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Erigeron caespitosus

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while tufted fleabane is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	tufted fleabane
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	Erigeron
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Erigeron caespitosus

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

tufted fleabane

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	tufted fleabane
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

tufted fleabane

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and Norway.

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.