Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Coyote gourd

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Cucurbita cordata

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Coyote gourd is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Coyote gourd
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Cucurbitales (Cucurbitales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Cucurbitaceae
Genus	Chironax	Cucurbita
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Cucurbita cordata

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Coyote gourd

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Coyote gourd

Habitat

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

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.