Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Cranberry cotoneaster

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Cotoneaster apiculatus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Cranberry cotoneaster
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Chironax	Cotoneaster
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Cotoneaster apiculatus

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Cranberry cotoneaster

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cranberry cotoneaster

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Taiwan, United Kingdom, 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.