Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Wormseed

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Dysphania anthelmintica

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Wormseed
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)	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Chironax	Dysphania
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Dysphania anthelmintica

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Wormseed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wormseed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), and North America (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.