Black-capped Fruit Bat vs large skullcap

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Scutellaria columnae

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	large skullcap
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Lamiaceae
Genus	Chironax	Scutellaria
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Scutellaria columnae

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

large skullcap

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

large skullcap

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.

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.