Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Greyling Bracket

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Postia tephroleuca

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Greyling Bracket
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Dacryobolaceae
Genus	Chironax	Postia
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Postia tephroleuca

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Greyling Bracket

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Greyling Bracket
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Greyling Bracket

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and South America (Brazil).

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.