Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Forcipate Firetail

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Telebasis versicolor

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Forcipate Firetail
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Coenagrionidae
Genus	Chironax	Telebasis
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Telebasis versicolor

Evolutionary Relationship

Black-capped Fruit Bat and Forcipate Firetail share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Forcipate Firetail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Forcipate Firetail

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in 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.