Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Conifer Mazegill

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Gloeophyllum sepiarium

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Conifer Mazegill
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Gloeophyllales (Gloeophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Gloeophyllaceae
Genus	Chironax	Gloeophyllum
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Gloeophyllum sepiarium

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Conifer Mazegill

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Conifer Mazegill

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

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.