Black-capped Fruit Bat vs blimbing

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Averrhoa carambola

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	blimbing
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Oxalidales (Oxalidales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Oxalidaceae
Genus	Chironax	Averrhoa
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Averrhoa carambola

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

blimbing

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

blimbing

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (5 countries), North America (Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

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.

blimbing

The Blimbing (Averrhoa carambola) is a species in the genus Averrhoa. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.