Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Mountain Soursop

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Annona jamaicensis

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Mountain Soursop is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Mountain Soursop
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Magnoliales (Magnoliales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Annonaceae
Genus	Chironax	Annona
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Annona jamaicensis

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Soursop

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mountain Soursop

Habitat

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

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.