Golden-capped Fruit Bat vs Greenleaf ticktrefoil

Acerodon jubatus compared with Desmodium intortum

Key Differences

• Golden-capped Fruit Bat is Endangered while Greenleaf ticktrefoil is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Golden-capped Fruit Bat	Greenleaf ticktrefoil
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Acerodon	Desmodium
Species	Acerodon jubatus	Desmodium intortum

Conservation Status

Golden-capped Fruit Bat

EN — Endangered

Greenleaf ticktrefoil

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Golden-capped Fruit Bat	Greenleaf ticktrefoil
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Golden-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Greenleaf ticktrefoil

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (Japan, Taiwan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Papua New Guinea), and South America (Colombia).