Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Eastern Amberwing

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Perithemis tenera

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Eastern Amberwing
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Libellulidae
Genus	Chironax	Perithemis
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Perithemis tenera

Evolutionary Relationship

Black-capped Fruit Bat and Eastern Amberwing share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Eastern Amberwing

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Eastern Amberwing

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and United States.

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.