Black-capped Fruit Bat vs large painted-lady

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Gladiolus undulatus

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while large painted-lady is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	large painted-lady
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Iridaceae
Genus	Chironax	Gladiolus
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Gladiolus undulatus

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

large painted-lady

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	large painted-lady
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

large painted-lady

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Mauritius), Asia (India), Europe (Portugal), North America (Jamaica), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand).

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.