Black-capped Fruit Bat vs ground cholla

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Cylindropuntia echinocarpa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	ground cholla
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Cactaceae
Genus	Chironax	Cylindropuntia
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Cylindropuntia echinocarpa

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

ground cholla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	ground cholla
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

ground cholla

Habitat

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

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.