Golden-capped Fruit Bat vs Prickly moses

Acerodon jubatus compared with Acacia verticillata

Key Differences

• Golden-capped Fruit Bat is Endangered while Prickly moses is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Golden-capped Fruit Bat	Prickly moses
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	Acacia
Species	Acerodon jubatus	Acacia verticillata

Conservation Status

Golden-capped Fruit Bat

EN — Endangered

Prickly moses

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Golden-capped Fruit Bat	Prickly moses
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Golden-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly moses

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India), Europe (Portugal, Spain), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Colombia).