Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Gull Feed

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Scaevola plumieri

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Gull Feed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Goodeniaceae
Genus	Chironax	Scaevola
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Scaevola plumieri

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Gull Feed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Gull Feed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Gull Feed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Bahamas, Brazil, Cuba, Guinea, and Venezuela.

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.