Black-capped Fruit Bat vs lowland rotala

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Rotala ramosior

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	lowland rotala
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Lythraceae
Genus	Chironax	Rotala
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Rotala ramosior

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

lowland rotala

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

lowland rotala

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Philippines, Taiwan), Europe (Greece, Italy), North America (Canada), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.