Black-capped Fruit Bat vs fern-leaf aralia

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Polyscias cumingiana

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while fern-leaf aralia is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	fern-leaf aralia
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Apiales (Apiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Araliaceae
Genus	Chironax	Polyscias
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Polyscias cumingiana

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

fern-leaf aralia

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	fern-leaf aralia
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

fern-leaf aralia

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Mauritius, Seychelles), Asia (India), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.