Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Oregon Ash

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Fraxinus latifolia

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Oregon Ash is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Oregon Ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Oleaceae
Genus	Chironax	Fraxinus
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Fraxinus latifolia

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Oregon Ash

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Oregon Ash
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Oregon Ash

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Canada. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.