Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Desert Thorn

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Lycium minimum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Desert Thorn
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Solanaceae
Genus	Chironax	Lycium
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Lycium minimum

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Desert Thorn

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Desert Thorn

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.