Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Indian-plum

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Flacourtia jangomas

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Indian-plum
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)	Salicaceae
Genus	Chironax	Flacourtia
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Flacourtia jangomas

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Indian-plum

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Indian-plum

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar, Seychelles), Asia (Maldives, Singapore, Taiwan), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Micronesia).

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.