Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Hazel Bracket

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Skeletocutis semipileata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Hazel 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)	Incrustoporiaceae
Genus	Chironax	Skeletocutis
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Skeletocutis semipileata

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Hazel Bracket

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hazel Bracket

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, 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.