Black-capped Fruit Bat vs fork-leaf cycas

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Cycas micholitzii

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while fork-leaf cycas is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	fork-leaf cycas
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Cycadopsida (Cycadopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Cycadales (Cycadales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Cycadaceae
Genus	Chironax	Cycas
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Cycas micholitzii

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

fork-leaf cycas

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	fork-leaf cycas
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

fork-leaf cycas

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.