Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Orinoco-apple

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Solanum sessiliflorum

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Orinoco-apple is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Orinoco-apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Solanaceae
Genus	Chironax	Solanum
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Solanum sessiliflorum

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Orinoco-apple

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Orinoco-apple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Orinoco-apple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Colombia.

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.