Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Custard Apple

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Annona reticulata

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Custard Apple is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Custard Apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Magnoliales (Magnoliales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Annonaceae
Genus	Chironax	Annona
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Annona reticulata

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Custard Apple

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Custard Apple

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (7 countries), North America (Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), 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.