Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Coralbush

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Jatropha multifida

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Coralbush
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Euphorbiaceae
Genus	Chironax	Jatropha
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Jatropha multifida

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Coralbush

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Coralbush

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, flooded grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 6 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (India, Philippines, Taiwan), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau), and South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia).

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.