Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Goa-bean

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Goa-bean is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Goa-bean
Kingdom	Animalia (حيوانات)	Plantae (نباتات)
Phylum	Chordata (حبليات)	Magnoliophyta (كاسيات البذور)
Class	Mammalia (ثدييات)	Magnoliopsida (ماغنولانية)
Order	Chiroptera (خفاشيات)	Fabales (فوليات)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Chironax	Psophocarpus
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Goa-bean
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Goa-bean

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, Philippines, and Taiwan.

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.