Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Indian-nut

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Areca catechu

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Indian-nut is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Indian-nut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Arecaceae
Genus	Chironax	Areca
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Areca catechu

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Indian-nut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Indian-nut
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Indian-nut

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), 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.