Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Ceylon-olive

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Elaeocarpus serratus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Ceylon-olive
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)	Elaeocarpaceae
Genus	Chironax	Elaeocarpus
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Elaeocarpus serratus

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Ceylon-olive

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ceylon-olive

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Mauritius, 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.

Ceylon-olive

The Ceylon-Olive (Elaeocarpus serratus) is a species in the genus Elaeocarpus. Distributed across Brazil, Mauritius, and Taiwan.