Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Cutnut

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Barringtonia edulis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Cutnut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Lecythidaceae
Genus	Chironax	Barringtonia
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Barringtonia edulis

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Cutnut

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cutnut

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.