Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Mohintli

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Justicia spicigera

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Mohintli
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)	Acanthaceae
Genus	Chironax	Justicia
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Justicia spicigera

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Mohintli

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mohintli

Habitat

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

Range

Found across North America (5 countries) and South America (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.