Black-capped Fruit Bat vs desert mock orange

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Philadelphus microphyllus

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while desert mock orange is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	desert mock orange
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Cornales (Cornales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Hydrangeaceae
Genus	Chironax	Philadelphus
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Philadelphus microphyllus

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

desert mock orange

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	desert mock orange
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

desert mock orange

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Norway.

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.