Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Figleaf gourd

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Cucurbita ficifolia

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Figleaf gourd
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Cucurbitales (Cucurbitales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Cucurbitaceae
Genus	Chironax	Cucurbita
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Cucurbita ficifolia

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Figleaf gourd

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Figleaf gourd

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

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.