Black-capped Fruit Bat vs milk snail

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Otala lactea

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	milk snail
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Helicidae
Genus	Chironax	Otala
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Otala lactea

Evolutionary Relationship

Black-capped Fruit Bat and milk snail share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

milk snail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

milk snail

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (Mexico, United States), and South America (Argentina, Chile, Paraguay).

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.