Black-capped Fruit Bat vs flax dodder

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Cuscuta epilinum

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while flax dodder is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	flax dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (hayvan)	Plantae (bitki)
Phylum	Chordata (Kordalılar)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (memeliler)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (yarasa)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Chironax	Cuscuta
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Cuscuta epilinum

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

flax dodder

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

flax dodder

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC)), Asia (5 countries), Europe (20 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.