Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Mung-bean

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Vigna radiata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Black-capped Fruit Bat Mung-bean
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Chiroptera (Bats) Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats) Fabaceae
Genus Chironax Vigna
Species Chironax melanocephalus Vigna radiata

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Mung-bean

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Black-capped Fruit Bat Mung-bean
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mung-bean

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (Japan), Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Tonga), and South America (Brazil).

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.

Mung-bean

No description available.

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