Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Two-Flowered Rush

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Juncus biglumis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Two-Flowered Rush
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)	Juncaceae
Genus	Chironax	Juncus
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Juncus biglumis

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Two-Flowered Rush

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Two-Flowered Rush
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Two-Flowered Rush

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Finland, Iceland, 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.