Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Native Caper

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Capparis canescens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Native Caper
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Brassicales (Brassicales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Capparaceae
Genus	Chironax	Capparis
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Capparis canescens

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Native Caper

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Native Caper

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.