Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Mottled Bolete

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Leccinum variicolor

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Mottled Bolete
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Boletales (Boletales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Boletaceae
Genus	Chironax	Leccinum
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Leccinum variicolor

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Mottled Bolete

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mottled Bolete

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.