Black-capped Fruit Bat vs False Shagbark Hickory

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Carya glabra

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	False Shagbark Hickory
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fagales (Beeches & Oaks)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Juglandaceae
Genus	Chironax	Carya
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Carya glabra

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

False Shagbark Hickory

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	False Shagbark Hickory
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

False Shagbark Hickory

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Canada, 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.