Black-capped Fruit Bat vs fetterbush

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Leucothoe fontanesiana

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while fetterbush is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	fetterbush
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Ericaceae
Genus	Chironax	Leucothoe
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Leucothoe fontanesiana

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

fetterbush

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

fetterbush

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, and United Kingdom.

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.