Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Cream Pea

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Lathyrus ochroleucus

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Cream Pea is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Cream Pea
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Chironax	Lathyrus
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Lathyrus ochroleucus

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Cream Pea

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cream Pea

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, 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.