Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Indian fleabane

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Pluchea indica

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Indian fleabane
Kingdom	Animalia (動物)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Chordata (脊索動物)	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)
Class	Mammalia (哺乳類)	Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)
Order	Chiroptera (翼手目)	Asterales (キク目)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Chironax	Pluchea
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Pluchea indica

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Indian fleabane

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Indian fleabane

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Taiwan, Yemen), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries).

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.