Golden-capped Fruit Bat vs Hairy indigo

Acerodon jubatus compared with Indigofera hirsuta

Key Differences

• Golden-capped Fruit Bat is Endangered while Hairy indigo is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Golden-capped Fruit Bat	Hairy indigo
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	Indigofera
Species	Acerodon jubatus	Indigofera hirsuta

Conservation Status

Golden-capped Fruit Bat

EN — Endangered

Hairy indigo

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Golden-capped Fruit Bat	Hairy indigo
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Golden-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hairy indigo

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Guinea, Madagascar), Asia (Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Nauru, Papua New Guinea), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay).