Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Oak Blackhead

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Diatrypella quercina

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Oak Blackhead
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Sordariomycetes (Sordariomycetes)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Xylariales (Xylariales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Diatrypaceae
Genus	Chironax	Diatrypella
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Diatrypella quercina

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Oak Blackhead

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Oak Blackhead
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Oak Blackhead

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, Portugal, 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.