Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Jackswitch

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Corchorus hirsutus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Jackswitch
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Malvaceae
Genus	Chironax	Corchorus
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Corchorus hirsutus

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Jackswitch

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Jackswitch

Habitat

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

Range

Found in 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.