Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Flowering plum

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Prunus triloba

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Flowering plum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Chironax	Prunus (Cherries & Plums)
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Prunus triloba

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Flowering plum

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Flowering plum

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Spain, Sweden, 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.