Black-capped Fruit Bat vs paradise-nut

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Lecythis pisonis

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while paradise-nut is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	paradise-nut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Lecythidaceae
Genus	Chironax	Lecythis
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Lecythis pisonis

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

paradise-nut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	paradise-nut
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

paradise-nut

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.