Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Fiveangled dodder

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Cuscuta pentagona

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Fiveangled dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Fiveangled dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (животные)	Plantae (растения)
Phylum	Chordata (хордовые)	Magnoliophyta (магнолиофиты)
Class	Mammalia (млекопитающие)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (рукокрылые)	Solanales (паслёноцветные)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Chironax	Cuscuta
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Cuscuta pentagona

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Fiveangled dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Fiveangled dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fiveangled dodder

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (9 countries), Europe (Norway, Poland, Romania), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Fiji, Micronesia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.