Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Welsh polypody

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Polypodium cambricum

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Welsh polypody is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Welsh polypody
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Polypodiaceae
Genus	Chironax	Polypodium
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Polypodium cambricum

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Welsh polypody

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Welsh polypody
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Welsh polypody

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, 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.