Black-capped Fruit Bat vs willow-weed

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Persicaria decipiens

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while willow-weed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	willow-weed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Polygonaceae
Genus	Chironax	Persicaria
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Persicaria decipiens

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

willow-weed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	willow-weed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

willow-weed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Guinea, Madagascar, 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.