Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Highbush Cranberry

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Viburnum edule

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Highbush Cranberry is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Highbush Cranberry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Dipsacales (Dipsacales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Viburnaceae
Genus	Chironax	Viburnum
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Viburnum edule

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Highbush Cranberry

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Highbush Cranberry
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Highbush Cranberry

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, France, Norway, 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.