Black-capped Fruit Bat vs girdled snail

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Hygromia cinctella

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while girdled snail is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	girdled snail
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Hygromiidae
Genus	Chironax	Hygromia
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Hygromia cinctella

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

girdled snail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	girdled snail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

girdled snail

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Range

Found across Europe (12 countries) and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).

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.