Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Cuban Pine

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Pinus cubensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Cuban Pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Coniferophyta (Conifers)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pinopsida (Conifers)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Pinales (Pines & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Pinaceae (Pine Family)
Genus	Chironax	Pinus (Pines)
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Pinus cubensis

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Cuban Pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cuban Pine

Habitat

Typically found in temperate and boreal forests, often at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Cuba.

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.