Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Needle Bush

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Hakea sericea

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Needle Bush
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Proteales (Proteales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Proteaceae
Genus	Chironax	Hakea
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Hakea sericea

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Needle Bush

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Needle Bush

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (India), Europe (9 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).

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.