Black-capped Fruit Bat vs four-wing evening-primrose

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Oenothera tetraptera

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while four-wing evening-primrose is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	four-wing evening-primrose
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Onagraceae
Genus	Chironax	Oenothera
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Oenothera tetraptera

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

four-wing evening-primrose

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	four-wing evening-primrose
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

four-wing evening-primrose

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (4 countries), Europe (Portugal, Sweden), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (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.