Black-capped Fruit Bat vs garter cone

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Conus genuanus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	garter cone
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Neogastropoda (Neogastropoda)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Conidae
Genus	Chironax	Conus
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Conus genuanus

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

garter cone

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	garter cone
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

garter cone

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Angola, Cabo Verde, Gabon, Norway, and Taiwan.

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.