Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Everlasting Pea

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Lathyrus sylvestris

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Everlasting Pea
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Chironax	Lathyrus
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Lathyrus sylvestris

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Everlasting Pea

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Everlasting Pea

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (6 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).

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.