Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Flowering Currant

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Ribes sanguineum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Flowering Currant
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Saxifragales (Saxifragales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Grossulariaceae
Genus	Chironax	Ribes
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Ribes sanguineum

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Flowering Currant

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Flowering Currant

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (13 countries) and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand).

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.