Golden-capped Fruit Bat vs Wrinkled medick

Acerodon jubatus compared with Medicago rugosa

Key Differences

• Golden-capped Fruit Bat is Endangered while Wrinkled medick is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Golden-capped Fruit Bat	Wrinkled medick
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	Medicago
Species	Acerodon jubatus	Medicago rugosa

Conservation Status

Golden-capped Fruit Bat

EN — Endangered

Wrinkled medick

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Golden-capped Fruit Bat	Wrinkled medick
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Golden-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wrinkled medick

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).