Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Gulf sandmat

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Euphorbia thymifolia

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Gulf sandmat is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Gulf sandmat
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)	Euphorbiaceae
Genus	Chironax	Euphorbia
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Euphorbia thymifolia

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Gulf sandmat

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Gulf sandmat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Gulf sandmat

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (4 countries), Europe (Italy), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (8 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.