Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Grey Willow

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Salix atrocinerea

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Grey Willow is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Grey Willow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Salicaceae
Genus	Chironax	Salix
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Salix atrocinerea

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Grey Willow

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Grey Willow
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Grey Willow

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, 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.