Black-capped Fruit Bat vs jalap

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Ipomoea purga

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	jalap
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Chironax	Ipomoea
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Ipomoea purga

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

jalap

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

jalap

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, India, and Taiwan.

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.