Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Little Chamal

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Zamia vazquezii

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Little Chamal is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Little Chamal
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Cycadopsida (Cycadopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Cycadales (Cycadales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Zamiaceae
Genus	Chironax	Zamia
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Zamia vazquezii

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Little Chamal

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Little Chamal

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.