Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Gray mangrove

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Avicennia marina

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Gray mangrove
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Acanthaceae
Genus	Chironax	Avicennia
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Avicennia marina

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Gray mangrove

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Gray mangrove
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Gray mangrove

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Taiwan and United States.

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.