Black-capped Fruit Bat vs desert sumac

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Rhus microphylla

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	desert sumac
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Anacardiaceae
Genus	Chironax	Rhus
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Rhus microphylla

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

desert sumac

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

desert sumac

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.